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Be prepared for fire, floods, cyclones and locusts plaguesQUEENSLAND’S climate can be a magnificent thing but when it’s bad, it’s wicked.Once it was a given that winters were mild in Queensland and summers hot and stormy.But in recent years we’ve found that storm season can arrive at any time, and resident managers have to bevigilant all year round, always at the ready to protect the properties they oversee.Queensland is considered the most disaster-prone state in Australia, with more than 100 natural disasterssince 2011 – including floods, king tides, cyclones, and bushfires.These events have had a devastating impact, with reconstruction and recovery costs exceeding $22 billion.AndRead More →

ALMOST half a century ago the great Australian actor Peter Finch won an Academy Award for urging everyone to stick their heads out the window and shout “I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore.” In one of the greatest screen monologues ever, Finch’s character looked into the camera and declared “We know things are bad. Worse than bad. They’re crazy. It’s like everything everywhere is going crazy.” That was almost 50 years ago and in many ways things have gotten worse. So many aspects of life – from politics, social media, entertainment, and even retail shopping – have anRead More →

FOR the last few weeks the world’s economies have been on a financial rollercoaster ride that has left many investors nervous and queasy. The on-again, off-again tariff impositions by the Trump government in the United States have seen stock-markets behave like dodgem cars without steering wheels. Markets hate uncertainty. But those of us who work in management and letting rights have always admired the extraordinary resilience of our industry, and in this time of global uncertainty we can be glad we work in a business with strong foundations and a proven track record to weather storms of any kind. Buying into management and letting rightsRead More →