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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.8.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:14:14 GMT--><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rss="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"><rss:channel rdf:about="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/"><rss:title>Legal View</rss:title><rss:link>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/</rss:link><rss:description></rss:description><dc:language>en-AU</dc:language><dc:date>2009-12-09T01:14:14Z</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.squarespace.com/">Squarespace Site Server v5.8.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</admin:generatorAgent><rss:items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2008/12/6/anti-fire-sale-laws-too-late-for-joan.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2008/8/21/flora-freedom-land-ownership-rights-in-australia-common-law.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/4/2/highway-beats-dam-in-forced-sale-offer.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/3/23/amendments-to-the-integrated-planning-act-1997.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/3/21/seek-legal-advice-before-signing-away-your-land.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/3/18/dam-plan-claims-eco-house.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/3/18/land-needed.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/2/6/wikipedia-explaining-section-51-of-the-australian-constitution.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2006/12/27/acquisition-of-lands-act.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2006/11/25/govt-takes-home-reneges-on-rental-promise.html"/></rdf:Seq></rss:items></rss:channel><rss:item rdf:about="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2008/12/6/anti-fire-sale-laws-too-late-for-joan.html"><rss:title>Anti-fire sale laws too late for Joan</rss:title><rss:link>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2008/12/6/anti-fire-sale-laws-too-late-for-joan.html</rss:link><dc:creator>stevem</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-12-06T01:51:14Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[AS her Sunshine Coast hinterland property goes under the hammer today, 81-year-old Joan George finds little comfort in new Queensland laws cracking down on mortgage fire sales.

In light of the global financial crisis, the groundbreaking legislation was rushed through Queensland parliament this week to protect vulnerable land owners, such as Ms George and her son Matthew, from losing equity when their properties are repossessed. The Georges&#8217; 24ha block will be auctioned today.

Mr George said the property had received limited and unflattering advertising designed to attract only bargain-hunters, potentially leaving him with little to no equity.

The property was valued in May at $760,000 but Mr George believes the auction will not yield an appropriate sale price as the property has not been adequately advertised.
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2008/8/21/flora-freedom-land-ownership-rights-in-australia-common-law.html"><rss:title>FLORA Freedom Land Ownership Rights in Australia &amp; Common Law</rss:title><rss:link>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2008/8/21/flora-freedom-land-ownership-rights-in-australia-common-law.html</rss:link><dc:creator>stevem</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-08-21T13:31:45Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Australia’s implementation of Agenda 21 exceeds that of all other common law countries. The citizens of Queensland, Australia have had their property rights stripped so to advance the globalist political agenda.  Read how the State of Queensland is now removed from the protections of the Australian Constitution. A privately owned state corporation now owns and controls all land-use activity in Queensland. This horrific experience is destroying the life and culture of those living there and provides a prototype example of what public/private partnership really means. This powerful document was produced by Sue and Lindsay Maynes and the EnviroWild Team of Australia.
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/4/2/highway-beats-dam-in-forced-sale-offer.html"><rss:title>Highway beats dam in forced sale offer</rss:title><rss:link>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/4/2/highway-beats-dam-in-forced-sale-offer.html</rss:link><dc:creator>stevem</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-04-02T06:43:41Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[“We were being approached by both Main Roads because of the highway, and DNR because of the dam, which both affect our property,” Melody said.

“Main Roads accepted our hardship claim in June last year and we settled with them. The whole thing was finalised, and then the water people from DNR got onto us with their valuation to take our land for the dam”.

“I thought if the DNR offer is more than we’d accepted from Main Roads, I was just going to tear up the envelope,” Melody said.

“But it was actually $180,000 less, so it was very lucky for us we had accepted the Main Roads offer.”
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/3/23/amendments-to-the-integrated-planning-act-1997.html"><rss:title>Amendments to the Integrated Planning Act 1997</rss:title><rss:link>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/3/23/amendments-to-the-integrated-planning-act-1997.html</rss:link><dc:creator>stevem</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-03-22T23:47:39Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Amendments to the Integrated Planning Act 1997 as introduced in State Parliament on the 14th March under COMMUNITY AMBULANCE COVER AND OTHER ACTS AMENDMENT BILL 2007
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/3/21/seek-legal-advice-before-signing-away-your-land.html"><rss:title>Seek legal advice before signing away your land</rss:title><rss:link>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/3/21/seek-legal-advice-before-signing-away-your-land.html</rss:link><dc:creator>stevem</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-03-21T04:32:29Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[A weekly column on the Traveston Crossing dam issue from Bob Baldwin of Baldwin Cartwright Lawyers and Chris Mount of John Logan Property Valuers.
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/3/18/dam-plan-claims-eco-house.html"><rss:title>Dam plan claims eco house</rss:title><rss:link>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/3/18/dam-plan-claims-eco-house.html</rss:link><dc:creator>stevem</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-03-18T05:23:15Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Carters Ridge grand­mother ‘Gudi Hofmann, 66, said the Government had also offered her 20 per cent less than an independent valuation for the house and l0ha of land in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.

Her valuation came in at $1 million — but the Govern­ment has offered her $800,000.
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/3/18/land-needed.html"><rss:title>Land needed</rss:title><rss:link>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/3/18/land-needed.html</rss:link><dc:creator>stevem</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-03-18T01:16:06Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[As you may well be aware - beef and dairy cattle face reduced grazing capacities during cold and dry winters.

The need to improve pastures is always our top priority, and we shall continue to do this consistent with standard practices and initia­tives within our local communi­ties. And we are always listening to the people and reviewing our practices&#8230;.. 

&#8230;.Should you never agree to sell your property we shall forcefully acquire your land for the good of South East Qld, and you may well end up breaking the law by choos­ing to stay, even though you are the lawful property owner.

Our strategy for our local com­munity must be realised if we are to continue to enjoy whatever we want and take it from whoever we want whenever we want. Feasibil­ity studies with unlimited budgets shall now be undertaken but are in no way meant to change this deci­sion that is already made.

There purpose, however is to al­low you to think that a healthy de­mocracy still exists in Qld and to provide more employment and overtime to an already strained public service. Thank you for tak­ing the time to read this.
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/2/6/wikipedia-explaining-section-51-of-the-australian-constitution.html"><rss:title>Wikipedia-Explaining Section 51 of the Australian Constitution</rss:title><rss:link>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2007/2/6/wikipedia-explaining-section-51-of-the-australian-constitution.html</rss:link><dc:creator>stevem</dc:creator><dc:date>2007-02-06T04:17:04Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[A Wikipedia overview on Section 51 of the Australian Constitution.
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2006/12/27/acquisition-of-lands-act.html"><rss:title>Acquisition of Lands Act</rss:title><rss:link>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2006/12/27/acquisition-of-lands-act.html</rss:link><dc:creator>stevem</dc:creator><dc:date>2006-12-27T00:38:56Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Noticed this interesting little bit under Acquisition of Land Act.
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2006/11/25/govt-takes-home-reneges-on-rental-promise.html"><rss:title>Govt takes home, reneges on rental promise</rss:title><rss:link>http://swampnews.squarespace.com/legal-view/2006/11/25/govt-takes-home-reneges-on-rental-promise.html</rss:link><dc:creator>stevem</dc:creator><dc:date>2006-11-24T23:35:05Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[The couple took the money and bought a home and acreage at The Palms, but wanted to keep their son, Darius, at school in Pomona until the end of the school year.

So they accepted the State Government’s generous offer of rent at 25 per cent of the market rate.

Ever since, they have been charged $250 a week, which makes their home more valuable, at a market rate of $1000 a week, than they had ever imagined.

Their solicitor says the fine print means they may not have much of a case.
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