🇦🇺 Australia · Legal answers Friday, October 23, 2026
Plain-English answers grounded in Common Law (Commonwealth & State), each one linked to the statutes it relies on.
It is likely you have legal grounds to recover your $50,000 deposit because the agent made false claims about the land's use. Under Australian consumer law, agents are prohibited from misrepresenting what a property can be used for.
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Yes, the regulator can apply to have a court fine the gym if the membership clause is found to be an unfair term in a standard form contract. You may…
Yes, you may have a defence, but identifying the wholesaler in writing is only a procedural requirement and does not itself establish the defence…
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