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Most likely traffic crash victims: German, English, US & Japanese
Overall traffic crashes are the biggest single cause of hospital presentations for overseas visitors, followed by falls.
Rumble in Robina
Before even arriving at the Robina Tavern for the birthday party, Terry Miles had been drinking at the Broadbeach Hotel.
Pledge now: Not to Txt and drive
The mobile phone and an affordable family car are some of the greatest of human achievements. A moving car is also a dangerous object. Our mounting road toll is evidenced enough of that. Even when driven carefully, cars kill.
PAMDA exit all good, but don’t throw out baby with the suds
The long-overdue wind back of the spectacularly counter-productive PAMD Act has been set in train with the introduction to Queensland Parliament of enabling legislation that will also de-regulate agent’s commissions and separate…
Qld workers face job interview booby trap, employer discrimination ok
Routine job interviews have been lined with booby traps to kill off the chances of workers desperate to re-gain a job. And many applicants should now arrange their own medical clearance prior to even applying.
Dancer in self-represented CTP win after drunk Story Bridge bike stack
A late-night reveller was the victim of her own ill-judgment when she accepted a ride on the back of a motor-cycle from Brisbane's Sofitel lobby bar before being spilled onto the bitumen at the southbound entrance to Brisbane’s…
PAMDA change under way, serious reform still needed
The quaintly named Property Occupations Bill is finally in the public domain with Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie already receiving submissions on his first stab at slashing PAMDA red tape to relieve the compliance burden on…
Big Brother skipper ordered to pay boat collision trial costs
Neil Balnaves, the skipper of the Bayliner cruiser returning from Couran Cove that collided head-on with a speedboat on a narrow bend in the Coomera River in February 2002, has been ordered to pay the opposite party’s costs of…
WorkCover appeal goes down on Neil Armstrong truck-cab descent
WorkCover's appeal against the July 2012 District Court $225,000 damages award to trucker Heinz Schmidt, ended in dismissal on Tuesday in a 3-0 decision.
When does size matter? – 15% smaller balcony not enough for river-front apartment sale termination
In April, the Supreme Court* ruled on another contract termination argument about apartment balconies and whether they measured up to contract terms.
Land Tax & Valuations: reprieve for investors & landlords
The Queensland Premier today announced some relief to investors and commercial landlords from the worst aspects of changes to the basis upon which valuations for land tax assessments are conducted.
How good is your lease? – Court rules change in tenant’s operations not a change of use – landlord’s Notice to Remedy dismissed
Update — 19 March 2010: The Queensland Court of Appeal agreed that Australia Post's mail operations were a permitted use under the lease, as explained below.
Case notes explain decisions in other people’s cases. They are general information, not legal advice, and every claim turns on its own facts.
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