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Outasite Lite is our land lease community email newsletter, sent 3-4 times a year. Subscribe here. Outasite magazine is printed once a year and distributed via post. Both are free for residents and their advocates. Full archive here.

 

Land lease operators must abide by the new eviction laws for tenants

A tenant recently shared this experience of renting a caravan in a land lease community in the Clarence Valley, NSW.
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Building Approvals Bill will mean changes for residential land lease communities

The Building (Approvals and Practitioners) Bill 2026 (BAP Bill) was introduced to the Legislative Assembly in early May 2026 by the Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading Anoulack…
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NCAT’s procedural direction about Generative AI

In April 2025 NCAT developed its own Procedural Direction regarding the use of Generative AI.
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Having a say: IPART consultations to improve energy market practices and experiences

The NSW Government’s review into embedded networks generated a raft of amendments to energy legislation and there are continued reforms aimed at modernising embedded network service standards.
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Home Owner Appeals at NCAT on their Right to Site Dimensions and for a Community Map

From time to time an NCAT decision is published where one or more of the orders have legal merit to succeed but for a range of possible reasons the justice that was sought doesn’t prevail.
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We want your feedback on our policy priorities!

We have updated our policy priorities to guide our work for the next 5 years, and we'd love your feedback!
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Land lease community home owner seeks action on nuisance fairy in the garden

Some residents’ homes in this land lease community have been inundated with fairy grass.
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Removal of residents’ mailboxes

One essential service was recently removed for some land lease community residents, namely their mailboxes.
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ARPRA Successfully Advocates for Liquor Licence Exemption for Over 55’s Communities

New liquor licence exemptions make it unnecessary for a liquor licence to be held for eligible communities. However eligible communities must meet specific criteria.
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El Lago tenants awarded compensation for untenable conditions

Tenants at El Lago launched Tribunal action over villas which were far from secure or reasonably fit for habitation, and offered little in the way of peace, comfort and quiet enjoyment.
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Land lease home owners press for urgency on legislative reforms for site repairs

For a number of home owners the need for major site repairs has been becoming unmanageable and detrimental to their homes.
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Anderson’s Win Settles More than One Dispute on Unfair Contract Terms

While new land lease community laws have been in place for over a year prohibiting the use of multiple elements in a fixed method of site fee increase, last year one case challenged the practice…
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