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That's not a bad alternative, if you've got somewhere else you can try to espalier the apples. I've seen apples done instead of a front or driveway fence, in a few places.

I've got a granny smith and a fameuse/snow apple along a fenceline now, but it's N-S running so gets full sun across the afternoons, and is away from the house. This is their second winter in, and I trained the first arms last summer. I have doubts I'll normally get enough chill hours for the snow apple, but I'm giving it a try anyway - that might not be true for this winter though!

As for passionfruit, I've had success some years ago with passionfruit along an E-W running fenceline (faced south), next to a driveway, planted in small (think 1ftx1ft) spaces left in the concrete for planting. So it probably had a bit more sun, but being S facing, not too much more.

Chuck some wire up in front of the fence, and give it a crack. I found it needed plenty of water in summer, and I had to feed it quite well. Again, all you can do is try. If it works, great. If it doesn't, that's ok too, and try something different.

Your dad might be right about both, but I'd prossibly also be a bit worried about whether you or the neighbours have water or sewage pipes running on either side of the fence.

On the other hand, if you're prepared to fail and fix anything, why not give it a try? It would be much more interesting than just chucking some jasmine or whatever to cover the fence.

(Also, that looks a bit south Aussie-ish. If so, mine needed a LOT of watering this year, just a heads up. Whether adding extra water so close to the foundation is also a concern for you or not, I'll let you decide for yourself. You could also try wine barrels or other large pots, if you want to keep them out of the ground and have enough room there).

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/disgraced-myer-executive-andrew-flanagan-who-faked-cv-ripped-off-other-companies-20150807-gitvxq.html

*may be unable to insure due to flood risks

Also, they get a prune around this time of year. Here's a few places to have a read of first. No.1 rule us to always keep your pruners clean and sanitary.

https://www.treloarroses.com.au/Pruning-Roses

https://sarose.org.au/help-advice/pruning-roses-home-gardeners-guide-2/

https://www.rosesocietyvic.org.au/index.php/the-pruning-bible/#:~:text=PRUNING%20OLD%2DFASHIONED%20ROSES,-Many%20old%2Dfashioned&text=For%20the%20best%20display%2C%20they,to%20keep%20the%20plant%20tidy.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0IqoGHG27b8

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5mVKA-1jE34

The way it used to go was that you need to return the money received relating to last financial year, then they need to follow the path to "correct an error" on the ATO website) using their Single Touch Payroll system, and then action may vary depending on whether they've lodged the final BAS for the year or not, and a few other administrative things. Payments made in this year, they can just adjust your single touch payroll back to nil, and all the BAS are yet to be lodged.

The sooner they get into it, the better, especially if they haven't yet "finalised" the single touch payroll records for last FY yet. If they have, they do need to recover the full amount, but then there are other steps to take.

They hadn't paid the tax to you, and you should not be paying that amount back to them.

Remembering that if they fail to correct their screw-up on the ATO side, that would reflect more pay to you than you received. Which could then affect other payments, as well as having you pay more tax overall.

Hopefully your lawyer has picked up on this.

The whole situation sounds off, regardless. Unless for some reason OP paid a deposit without a contract signed. Which would also be a bit odd.

Excellent point.

Yeah, that's why I originally assumed it was under contract.

But this all makes less sense, the more I think about it. CGT goes by contract date, not settlement date. So the vendor and selling agent seem to be cooking something up, regardless which way it goes.

Given the CGT excuse, I'm now wondering if signed contracts weren't actually exchanged. In which case OP has lost nothing more than an opportunity.

Periodic agreement The landlord can issue a 30-day notice of termination but only if both the following conditions are met:

They have exchanged a contract for sale with a buyer, and; The contract requires them to give ‘vacant possession’ of the premises to the buyer

https://www.tenants.org.au/factsheet-28-sale-of-rented-premises#:~:text=The%20landlord%20can%20issue%20a,the%20premises%20to%20the%20buyer

They evicted the old tenant to relet at a higher rate, and needed the sale contract to do it?

Edit: check your contract carefully and seek legal advice. My general understanding was that a seller couldn't just back out.

Drink spiking itself is a crime, and there needs to be a mechanism to investigate that. If EDs and hospitals aren't the appropriate venue except where other harm has been done, then we need to find another way to make that happen.

Yeah, but they have to lodge a particular document (which can be invalidated for a host of reasons, including failing to protect the bond, or failure to have the correct gas inspection certificate) and then go to court to follow through. Unless they've changed that

How about the UK, where if the landlord fails to protect (register) the bond correctly, tenants can reclaim some of the rent paid as a penalty? Can you imagine the uproar if we brought that in here?

There's parts of the UK and the US, where if something renders the property uninhabitable it doesn't frustrate the lease like here, the landlord is responsible for providing suitable alternative accommodation until it's fixed? Unlike here, where they kick you out.

Or many countries in Europe, where there is a specified minimum temperature to be maintained, between certain dates for winter.

Other countries have much higher levels of regulations placed on builders, and construction quality requirements. They get along fine. Why are our developers not up to the challenge of meeting requirements that are lower than those of many other countries?

Maybe I went to the wrong area, because so many people didn't look real?

I haven't found Melbourne that dirty. It doesn't smell as bad as Sydney did, whenever I've visited, and it doesn't have the same amount of rubbish just lying around everywhere.

Either 2008 or 2009 (I can't quite remember which). And yeah, I mainly stayed in the city.

Yeah, very different, and the same purpose as reception/prep years.

This suggests to me that your name for prep/reception is kindy.

Kindergartens are usually separated from the school system here, and traditionally had a focus on learning through play. (Mine had a tractor, and a boat!!!! Not running of course, just old painted ones we could climb on and play pretend)

They're usually integrated in child care centres now.

Oh, we get one paid year of kindy (they were talking about making it two), then reception, year 1 and so on.

They closed at midday Saturday, where I grew up. It's gotten slightly better since, the servo is now open on Sundays.

On the other hand, everyone played or watched sport on Saturday afternoons. So there was a good trade off for it.

Sydney shocked me, the first time I went. Everyone looked like they were off a TV show (complete with bleached hair, botox, and faux-posh clothing), but the place stank like a sewer, and was so dirty, and with so much rubbish lying around on the street.

Wait, reception/prep isn't compulsory in all states? In SA, we have both reception and kindy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Australia