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@JimmyT said:
This, from a spokesperson for Fair Trading:I, for one, am not satisfied with this response. Why? Firstly, they don’t address the issue, just resorting to their standard response of pointing at the Act without explanation of how strata lawyers and an NCAT member could have got it wrong.
Also, the case they cite as proof that the new laws are working fine is the one that was heard under the jurisdiction of the old laws and is therefore irrelevant.
I mean, how stupid are these people – or how stupid do they think we are?
How do you know when politicians and bureaucrats are trying it on? When they answer the question they wish you’d asked, rather than the one you actually did.
At least two prominent strata lawyers have raised this issue. Once again, Fair Trading resorts to smoke and mirrors. Grrrrrr!
This sort of deflecting is not limited to Fair Trading; Transport is rife with it. It seems there is a book of speeches and responses which everyone from the Premier down learns off by heart. Ask the same question of anyone in the hierarchy, and you will get exactly the same reply. As above, it will probably not be the answer to the question, or even remotely related to it; just a torrent of self promoting garbage. Must be Government policy: don’t tell lies, but don’t tell the truth.