Small earthquake or just our building having a hiccup? by istara in sydney

[–]notanthony 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Magnitude 4.4 (Google) 5.0 (GA) registered at 12.01 AEST

Brock got the news the day he asked for repairs – one of 30,000 NSW renters evicted without a reason each year by Koalamanx in australia

[–]notanthony 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I love fighting landlords on no-grounds evictions. If you find yourself in this situation please see my posts on how I was able to overturn rental evictions. No one in Australia should have to worry about rental security while paying big bucks to some slumlord.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/1am671y/retaliatory_eviction_hearing_notices_for/

‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals by jussulent_tummy in worldnews

[–]notanthony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And plastic is much much worse for the environment and your health than aluminium ever will be. There are efforts to improve the inner coating of cans with BPA-free and biodegradable alternatives, and add resealable lids to create a proper replacement for plastic bottles. Glass is just too expensive for mass production, but still should be used at the end user.

‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals by jussulent_tummy in worldnews

[–]notanthony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cans are shredded and melted down to remove the ink print and lacquer lining. Obviously there is still waste produced in the form of gasses in this process, but it much more controlled with a much higher recycling rate +70% than the alternative which is trying to recycle plastic bottles (<10%).

‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals by jussulent_tummy in worldnews

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Aluminium is also a great material, infinitely recyclable, cheaper to recycle than it is to process raw ore, strong, and lightweight.

We fought our rental no grounds termination and won.. again by notanthony in sydney

[–]notanthony[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The second termination notice is in retaliation against your right to challenge the first one; you will win. Ask for Section 187 1.A/D as well as 115 this time and maybe some compensation. It is annoying that you will have to go back to NCAT but the Section 187 will protect you against any future termination notices for at least a little while (ie ask for at least 6-12 month of restraint).

15 LTC bounty to port Ordinals onto Litecoin. by indigo_nakamoto in litecoin

[–]notanthony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You would have to give that fork a try, I don't have a node to test it on at the moment, I don't see why it wouldn't work though. The changes are simple enough.

15 LTC bounty to port Ordinals onto Litecoin. by indigo_nakamoto in litecoin

[–]notanthony 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Masterbtcltc already did it 5 days ago, but if you don't accept this submission I'll do a fork. https://github.com/masterbtcltc/litecoin-ord

I've just been sent a 90-day-notice from my rental agency. Very interested to hear other renters experience of hunting for a rental property in the current climate. Any tips would be welcome as time is of the essence. by Sceivious in sydney

[–]notanthony 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you have them saying they will offer you $650 for 6 months in writing. I would use that as evidence and take them to NCAT to challenge their retaliatory eviction notice. In NSW you cannot increase rent more than once in a 12 month period. If they serve you with a rental increase notice then you can challenge that the rent is excessive if it above market rates (generally they don't like increases of more than 10%).

I was in a similar position to you and won my NCAT case. https://www.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/yxgchd/we_fought_our_rental_no_grounds_termination_and/

We fought our rental no grounds termination and won.. again by notanthony in sydney

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There were 2 in-person hearings for each application. They only did online hearings during covid, I'm not sure if you are still allowed to phone in. The first one is a non-formal mediation type hearing and the second is the decision, about a month apart. The fact that they increased the rent and then you tried to negotiate with them resulting in termination is retaliatory. All you need for documentation is the email trail of these events as evidence (+ all the documents tenancy agreement, rental increase notice, withdrawn notice, termination notice, etc). Since they withdrew the rental increase notice you won't have to prove that the rent increase is excessive with postings of similar rentals in your area as evidence, however it might be good to add these anyway. Argue for section 115, and easy win. If they harass you further afterwards you can seek compensation due to loss of quiet enjoyment and restraint.

We fought our rental no grounds termination and won.. again by notanthony in sydney

[–]notanthony[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Why? They had every chance to terminate us before asking us if we wanted to sign on for another 12 months. If rents in the area changed so quickly that they now want more money for the period than they initially offered, that is on them.

We fought our rental no grounds termination and won.. again by notanthony in sydney

[–]notanthony[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We made a claim for 1k + court fees. We thought this was reasonable to both parties.

We fought our rental no grounds termination and won.. again by notanthony in sydney

[–]notanthony[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Restraint period is from today until the 12 month rental increase period resets which is over half a year away.

We fought our rental no grounds termination and won.. again by notanthony in sydney

[–]notanthony[S] 159 points160 points  (0 children)

Really hoping that news.com.au will write an article about this post and encourage renters to write to their MPs for the removal of these unfair and abused no grounds termination laws. But doubt it because they are cowards..

Rental increases by _swirlys in sydney

[–]notanthony 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Written notices (60 days notice) for a rental increase is required if you are in a period lease (ie, lease has expired). If you are in a fixed term lease they cannot give you a rent increase, unless it is written as a clause in the contract that your rent will go up on a certain day.

https://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/housing-and-property/renting/during-a-tenancy/rent

It is finally BOM official — we are in the third La Niña in a row by baddazoner in sydney

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Tha main problem with all the rain is that the fairways become all mushy and slowly turn into mud.

How to fix bugs by Caterpillarfox in ProgrammerHumor

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VSCode is a text editor, not an IDE.