Ganesh Sahathevan

 by Ganesh Sahathevan                     Tough talking Damien Tudehope may not have the power to impose th.  bulk of his quarantine fee, if any Readers will recall that former NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller (now a PwC partner) said in his notice that Revenue NSW " will be charging a mandatory quarantine fee". Readers will also recall that the rormer NSW Minister For Financial Services, Damien Tudehope insisted that the quarantine fees charged by Sydney Local Health District, pursuant to the NSW Health Services Act include charges for police security. However, there is nothing  in the SLHD's financial statements for the relevant periods (see links below) to reflect any payment from the COVID quarantine fee revenue being made over to NSW Police. SLHD's revenue must then have been overstated, by the CEO concerned Teresa Anderson.  SLHD Financial Statements https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/annualreport/Publications/2020/slhd.pdf https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/annualr

 by Ganesh Sahathevan      Advice for living in, or buying into, a strata community Strata managers are employed to manage strata schemes which are often home to renters as well as owners. However, in evasion of that which they are paid to do there are instances where strata managers have attempted  to evade their duties by refusing to  deal with tenants.   Even this writer can recall an instance where the strata manager warned that it was against the law for tenants to contact him directly.  The instances where strata managers have refused to deal with tenants occur when the issues raised concern fairly pedestrian maintenance issues, for example blocked plumbing and the like. Having said that, tenants do actually have a legal right to a great many things, including being informed (and presumably make representations) when strata schemes consider re-development. Strata managers who seek to stand in place of strata committees  are even more exposed to liability for the loss and and dam

 by Ganesh Sahathevan                                                                                                                Anoulack Chanthivong the NSW    Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading     The ABC's investigation into strata management industry misdeeds  and the reforms the NSW Government has promised  is also interesting for it reveals how strata managers by  assuming  either directly or indirectly control of the management of the strata schemes they are hired to manage, assume the liabilities that come with that power.  Strata managers may under ordinary circumstances be fiduciaries vis-a-vis strata unit owners and that alone can expose them personally to liability for any loss or damage suffered in or at the buildings under their schemes. While the rules with regards who may or may not be considered a fiduciary are complex Bugden Allan Graham Lawyers has published on its website an easy to read and informative summary of the law in the area.    Howev

by Ganesh Sahathevan Many assume that a FEE HELP debt once incurred must be re-paid regardless of how poorly one is taught. However, FEE HELP is simply a debt incurred in paying a fee for services to a provider of education services. Where the services are below expectation, one avenue for fee recovery might be the Department Of Education who pays  the fees on behalf of students ie cutomers. FEE HELP approved course fees,must by definition , be limited to the actual  cost  incurred by the approved education services provider. It was clearly not the intention of the Commonwealth Government to add to the profits of FEE HELP approved institutions,  even if this happens with alarming frequency. The fact that customers are unaware of their rights arising from  their contracts for services has probably much to do with why private colleges especially are able to get away with providing poor teaching and assessment services. To put this another way, FEE HELP is payed on the basis of  cost   re

by Ganesh Sahathevan The Gulen movement's NSW Parliament House Iftar is on again.  The Minister in charge of protecting us from terrorism, the Attorney  General Mark Speakman,has maintained his silence, letting instead his subordinates discredit the work of this writer. Meanwhile, the Gulen movement continues to be designated a terrorist organisation by the Government Of Turkey, with whom Australia continues to maintain friendly relations. As previously reported: NSW AG Speakman must explain affinity with the Fetullah Gulen Terrorist Organisation ,despite action against FETO by Turkey, Indonesia and Malaysia END 

 by Ganesh Sahathevan        Former NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller and his permier Gladys Berejiklian  It has been previously reported that  Sydney Local Health District CEO Teresa Anderson charged COVID quarantine detainees for services ordered by then NSW Commissioner Mick Fuller  even though there is nothing in the Health Services Act that authorises any person being invoiced for services that she or he did not personally request.  That problem however, seems to have been underpinned by an even larger issue for  community treatment orders, which can be enforced by NSW Police, appear to be authorised only for persons with mental health issues.     "Health services" provided travellers held in quarantine were not called community treatment orders but they might as well have been,for that is what they wee at least in form.  In addition to enforced medical procedures Police and Army detained and held under guard travellers held in quarantine. TO BE READ WITH  Sydney Loca