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A man's home may be his castle, as the ancient English legal principle goes, but no castle is completely immune from attack.
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If you squat in a vacant property, does the law give you the house for free? Well, sort of (ABC News)
Outrageous as this may seem, the law encourages caring for land. If you fail to take responsibility for your land, and someone else does, you can lose it.
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WA Premier Roger Cook has announced the state’s controversial new Aboriginal cultural heritage laws have been scrapped after widespread backlash.
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A landowner in Western Australia’s Pilbara region says he fears the property he purchased less than two years ago may be rendered “worthless” by the state’s new…
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A Victorian landlord has been accused of "spying" on her tenants by installing security cameras throughout the property.
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