Development industry reforms ‘back on track’
After weeks of turmoil in NSW Fair Trading and in the Building and Property services commissioners’ offices, in particular, the loud and clear message is not so much “business as…
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Podcast: a Perrottet and Petinos poser
Look, we know it’s all done and dusted. David Chandler has re-extended his contract as NSW Building Commissioner, John Minns is back as Property Services Commissioner and Victor Dominello has…
Chandler back as both commissioners return
Dodgy developers can re-cork their champagne – NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler is back in the saddle, ready to fulfil his extended contract until August next year. And while the…
Podcast: Council to hire a professional nimby
In this week’s podcast we are going to discuss the local council that’s going to pay someone $100,000 a year to help residents fight high rise developments. It’s the least…
David Chandler’s resignation letter in full
The following is the text of the letter sent by Building Commissoner David Chandler to Fair Trading Department Secretary Emma Hogan on July 7th announcing his decision to resign and…
Chandler letter blasts former minister Petinos
Building Commissioner David Chandler’s resignation letter, tabled in Parliament today, reveals growing concerns about former Fair Trading minister Eleni Petinos and her dealings with the property development group that hired…
Confusion as another FT commissioner quits
It all happened with zero fanfare and little fuss but the NSW department of Fair Trading lost another commissioner this month. In the same week that Building Commissioner David Chandler…
Fair Trading fall-out: Perrottet sacks Petinos
Small Business and Fair Trading Minister Eleni Petinos was sacked on Sunday (August 31), barely a week after Building Commissioner David Chandler announced he would be cutting short his recently…
Chandler resigns … and we saw it coming
As predicted on this website months ago, Building Commissioner David Chandler has resigned, just weeks after announcing that he had extended his contract for another year beyond its agreed end…
Podcast: Knives out for Commissioner Chandler
This week’s Flat Chat Wrap has a look at something we predicted a few weeks ago – that the knives would soon be out for Building Commissioner David Chandler, just…
Off-the-plan purchases back on the shopping list
Off -the-plan apartment purchases are very much back in favour with investors, writes Sue Williams in Prestige Domain magazine. And NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler’s efforts to clean up the…
Podcast: Woman who married her cat – the facts
Sometimes the fur flies at weddings, and things can certainly get catty between landlords and tenants but, as we explore in this week’s podcast, a woman has taken things to…