Background In 1999, Victoria legislated to formalise the custom that a person’s next of kin could make medical decisions if the person lost capacity to make those decisions. This law introduced Part 4A to the Guardianship and Administration Act 1986 (Vic) and the role of the ‘person responsible’. The Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 […]

Most people buy a house with money from: personal savings; proceeds from the sale of a house; a mortgage; vendor finance; a loan or gift from a family member; and/or government assistance.

[…] Gazetted rooming houses are usually owned by community housing operators. To check if a rooming house is gazetted, visit www.gazette.vic.gov.au and select the RT Act in the advanced search option.

There are still numerous unregistered and unlicensed rooming houses. People living in an unregistered rooming house have done nothing wrong, but they should seek legal […]