The states and territories are already moving to legislate a six-month eviction ban for residential and commercial renters hit hard by the COVID-19 economic downturn.
But there are lingering concerns about business owners unable to meet rent payments after closing their doors. The National Cabinet is expected to decide to lift land tax and council rates for commercial tenants when it meets at 10am. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has reiterated calls for tenants to sort out issues directly with their landlords.
Will I be allowed to break my mortgage? If not , why not?
Tenants who were forced to close their businesses by the Govt. (Restaurants ect.) should not be held to contract. They should, in the very least, be compensated to cover any debts they can not honour because of the forced closure.
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Couples given mixed messages on government's 'love ban' | Sky News AustraliaCouples have been given mixed messaging from governments and health bodies on whether or not they are allowed to see their partner. \n\nThe Victorian Premier declared couples who do not live together could no longer visit each other's homes due to social distancing restrictions. \n\nBut just hours later, the state's Chief Medical Officer reversed that advice. oh FFS!
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Australia's coronavirus death toll jumps to 24 | Sky News AustraliaAn 85-year-old man is one of two Queenslanders to have died from COVID-19 overnight, bringing the nation’s death toll to 24. \n\nNine Queenslanders remain in intensive care where they are being treated for the coronavirus. \n\nMeanwhile, in Victoria, a woman in her 70s also died from the virus overnight. \n\nMore than 45,000 health workers have been asked to rejoin the workforce, including retired doctors and nurses, to help in the fight against COVID-19. \n
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Australia cannot 'lose its heart' during COVID-19 panic | Sky News AustraliaThe coronavirus panic throughout Australia is 'making some people a bit callous,' so the federal and state governments must 'start loosening some of these restrictions before people break,' says Sky News host Andrew Bolt. \n\nMr Bolt said there was 'cautious reason for hope' as Australia's coronavirus rate of spread was 'the lowest in the 24 hours to 3pm [Wednesday] since this crisis began'.\n\nThis means 'we can at least be certain we're not going to see anything like 150,000 deaths, as many media outlets warned,' he said.\n\nAustralia's deaths from the virus suggest 'two important things,' one being that the 'vast majority of younger Australians are highly unlikely to die from this virus,' and also we now know 'exactly which group is most at risk,' and can focus on protecting them.\n\nMr Bolt said although the strict measures on public gatherings and social distancing do not need to be lifted right now, it is important to loosen them when the curve begins to significantly flatten.\n\nThere are growing signs 'that this fear and this fierce response is making us lose all sense of proportion, making us coarser, less generous'.\n\n'We may have lost our senses in this panic, [but] have we really also lost our heart'.\n\nImage: AP Andrew Bolt can go fuck himself Hey Bolt. Go visit an ICU and tell us more of your views. With Andrew Bolt's history of defending child molesters I'm not surprised he's in favour of loosening restrictions. Fkn creep!
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