• 2012. 1 January. The Independent publishes four articles online concerning the walkway and Waltons: Traders facing ruin over walkway closure; How local traders have been affected; Time for ill will and lack of charity to all; and A slap in the face for council. "The Independent doesn’t claim to know the exact truth of this tragedy but understands the Walton’s owners - Mount Cathay Pty Ltd - closed the walkway after a deadline they had set passed for the owners of the adjoining Happy Valley building to fix problems with the Walton’s section of the walkway, including a number of broken and missing floor tiles. The Happy Valley body corporate is understood under a long-standing arrangement to be legally responsible for upkeep of the Walton’s section. ... The Independent understands that at the heart of this standoff is the fact that the Happy Valley Body Coporate is virtually defunct and devoid of the funds needed to bring the Walton’s section of the walkway up to a safe standard for pedestrian traffic."
  • 2012. 10 January. Re-Open The Fortitude Valley Walkway facebook page is created. David Hinchliffe encourages people [dead link] to show their support through the page.
  • 2012. 11 January. The Happy Valley Body Corporate is reconstituted. This is the property adjacent to the Waltons easement. The Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Commissioner issues Adjudicators Orders. "The applicants submit that since the scheme was established on 10 July 1995, the body corporate has not complied with its legislative obligations. On the basis of this submission, I am satisfied the body corporate is not currently operating on a proper legal footing. It is appropriate then to appoint an administrator to convene an annual general meeting in the manner sought by the applicants."
  • 2012. 13 January. Bridge Magazine publishes an article [dead link] about the walkway.
  • 2012. 17 January. Premier Anna Bligh responds to traders via facebook: "Thanks for your message. This is a Brisbane City Council issue, but I have passed your concerns onto the Minister for Local Government. Premier's Team"
  • 2012. 18 January. "Don't Walk" article appears in Scene Magazine. "The Happy Valley body corporate, responsible for the upkeep of the bridge but defunct at the time it was closed, has reformed at the behest of Brisbane City Council. However, Mount Cathay has since advised the Council that the closure is not a matter of financial cost. ... In the meantime, Cr Hinchliffe – set to retire from politics at the next election – urges concerned citizens to make themselves heard. “The best thing I can suggest is that locals should remain active and vocal. The one thing that stirs politicians into action is public unrest. If the public remain compliant and resigned, then the politicians will keep shrugging their shoulders and saying, 'we have no legal power'. The main change in our community comes from those who say 'this is not good enough and we demand it be fixed'.”
  • 2012. 19 January. The Independent publishes three more articles: Valley businesses on the brink, McWhirters traders feel the pinch, and Traders consider taking class action. City News publishes an article "Traders fight for walkway. Fortitude Valley traders have kicked off an online campaign to reopen the walkway between the McWhirters building and the train station, saying its closure is affecting business." Quotes from Rob Hueston, Carol Gordon, Graham Quirk and David Hinchliffe. "[Hinchliffe] said he has recommended the mayor introduce a management agreement between owners and council to end the standoff."
  • 2012. 25 January. Call for Waltons resumption. In the Independent, David Hinchliffe calls "for the State Government to resume this entire walkway and further to join with council to resume the whole Walton's building. It is a disgrace that the Walton's building has been largely unused for almost 30 years. As long as it is in private hands, the council and state governments cannot force the owner to open it. ... I have met again with the Moc family and they have advised that they have signed off on paying the insurance costs for the section of the walkway that goes through the Walton's building. So, they and Lend Lease (and I believe McWhirters) have agreed to the maintenance and insurance costs for the walkway. When Mr Lee from Mount Cathay [owners of the Walton's building] signs that agreement the doors will be opened. That was the advice I received today. However, after the last occasion when I was told the doors would be opened before Christmas, I remain sceptical."
  • 2012. 27 January. Ray Smith and Paul Crowther issue a media release: CALL FOR STATE TO RESUME WALTON'S BUILDING & REOPEN WALKWAY. Brisbane Lord Mayoral candidate Ray Smith and Central Ward candidate Paul Crowther have today called on the State Government to resume the Walton’s building in Fortitude Valley and reopen the public walkway immediately. The call to turn the building from a “liability into an asset” comes as a five-week closure of the public walkway through the Walton’s building has resulted in an estimate $2 million loss of revenue for traders, with several on the verge of closing their doors. Ray Smith and Paul Crowther said the site was significant as a walkway to Queensland Rail’s third busiest train station and for its potential as a cultural ‘catalyst’ for the Valley. “This building has thousands of square meters which haven’t been used for more than two decades,” said Mr Smith.“Most of the building is locked up. It is heritage-listed and has nominal value in its current state. The decision of the owners, Mount Cathay Pty Ltd, to close the doors of the walkway which connects the train station to other buildings in the Valley has been economically devastating for the area."
  • 2012. 30 January. The McWhirters project writes about the history of access to the railway station and the current feud on his blog.
  • 2012. 31 January. Valley traders caught in crossfire of family feud. Brisbane Times publishes an article about the feud between the Lee family and Moc family over the walkway between McWhirters / Happy Valley and the Valley Metro. "Fifty small businesses are being financially strangled because two millionaire property owners in Fortitude Valley cannot agree on fixing a walkway. ... Boiled down to its raw materials the disagreement is now a feud between the landowner Chiu Fan Lee, from Toowong, and Jack Moc, the owner of Happy Valley, the landlords since 2007. …Dr Lee's company Mount Cathay Pty Ltd owns the property where the 20m walkway runs. ... Labor MP Grace Grace last night said the issue was "complex imbroglio", triggered by a failure by a previous state government not to secure the access rights for the walkway to the bridge over Wickham Street when the land was bought in the 1970s. "I find it difficult to believe that at that time, that when all this was built, when the airbridge was built, the walkways were put through, that people did not secure those access rights," she said. She said the Transport Department was investigating its ability to secure access to the walkway to connect through to the Valley train station. "I think Queensland Rail has a legitimate concern about ensuring access rights for their passengers to catch the train," Ms Grace said. "I am awaiting a report with advice on where the director-general is taking this, but my understanding is that (director-general) David Stewart is all over it," she said."
  • 2012. 2 February. City News publishes an article "Standoff claims first casualty. The closed walkway connecting Fortitude Valley station with McWhirters has claimed a victim with the first business to shut down due to lost trade. McWhirters Florist owner Lieng, who did not want his last name published, said the store plans to shut on February 18 but was in negotiations to stay until the end of the month. ... Grace Grace said gaining access rights to the area was more important than resuming the building. "I don't think that's where QR needs to spend its money" Ms Grace said".
  • 2012. 2 February. Brisbane Times covers the Valley Chamber of Commerce lunch. "Our reporter Tony Moore says there is plenty of drum action at the Valley Chamber of Commerce luncheon where Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser is set to speak at the event to mark the Year of the Dragon. Mr Fraser is talking about Australia-China trade and business relations. He is also expected to be asked what can be done to help 50 Fortitude Valley small businesses struggling because of a closed walkway between the Valley train station and McWhirters centre."
  • 2012. 2 February. Deputy Premier buys into Valley dispute. Andrew Fraser, who spoke at the Valley Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chinese New Year event, said "as a last resort", the state government could acquire the easement to the station. "As a last resort the state will look to investigate the legal options to acquiring an easement," he said. "But that would be something that would only be done having exhausted the opportunity for that commercial negotiation." Mr Fraser said the state government was providing "leverage" to allow the commercial negotiations to be resolved. "The legal reality is that it is a dispute between two parties at this point and we are actually paying the price as a community because of the lack of foresight back in the 1980s," he said. Mr Fraser said the state government "was in contact with both parties" to arrange a resolution, "but the legal complexities are very difficult."
  • 2012. 3 February. Lord Mayor Graham Quirk tweets: "BNE locals please shop @ McWhirters this weekend. Traders doing it tough with no foot traffic after walkway closure. CC @CityNewsBris"
  • 2012. 4 February. Courier-Mail, Citybeat on Saturday. Wall under threat. TREASURER Andrew Fraser this week threatened to intervene in a heated business stoush in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley which has threatened about 40 businesses in the area. Readers may recall City Beat's jottings of December 17 when we referred to a sort of Great Wall erected where commuters and shoppers usually strolled up the often broken escalator from Wickham St through to the Valley train station. In one corner are Mount Cathay Pty Ltd, owned by the mysterious Dr Lee, and the owners of the rundown Waltons building, and in the other Jack Moc, who owns the Happy Valley development. Just over a week out from Christmas, Walton managers erected a large wall 20m across that prevents commuters and customers walking through to the Valley train station. Local businesses have suffered but Fraser told City Beat the State Government would step in to authorise an easement of sorts if necessary, but that he would prefer ``if the two disputing parties sorted it out themselves .
  • 2012. 6 February. Village News. "THE Valley Chamber of Commerce has called for a speedy resolution to the war above Wickham Street over the walkway which is denying the public access to the Fortitude Valley railway station and affecting surrounding traders." The article then goes on to describe the current State Government / Council's claims of powerlessness and the fact that the whole dispute over the walkway and building has just become a sparring match between the two major parties on which party has done the least.
  • 2012. 7 February. Brisbane City Council Meeting Minutes 4367. [dead link] David Hinchliffe: "[Vicki Howard] was savaged today at a meeting in the Valley over the walkway issue because all she had to say was the State government should do something about it. Paul Crowther and I, and Ray Smith, believe that the State government should work with the Council and we should resume the Walton’s building. It has been a sow's ear and it can be turned into a silk purse for the Valley in an area that much needs rejuvenation, and we can do it by taking over that walkway as a public transit access point and bind the building from an owner who has not used it for the last 30 years and turn it into a library, a community centre and downstairs boutique retail, and receive an income to the City of Brisbane. Why should it be done? Because this is the very place where this administration says we should have another 25,000 residents, as many as there are in whole electorates, represented here, plus an additional 50,000 office workers. Now if any place needs community centres and investment in community infrastructure like libraries, it's the Valley, and this is a golden opportunity. Not to point a finger and blame another level of government but to work with another level of government and deliver something. That's what Paul Crowther stands for. Now he isn't savaged when he goes to meetings in the Valley with traders, because he stands for something and he speaks up for something."
  • 2012. 7 February. State steps in to help reopen walkway. "The State Government will step in to help resolve a dispute over access to a pedestrian walkway through two major shopping precincts in Fortitude Valley. Minister for Transport Annastacia Palaszczuk said her department will offer to licence a section of walkway through the old Waltons building in the Valley, which is currently closed off. The building owner blocked off access from the Fortitude Valley Station through the old Waltons building in mid-December." Brisbane Times , mXBrisbane and the Courier Mail write stories based on the press release. Ray Smith and Paul Crowther issue a media release, welcoming "the State Government’s intervention in resolving the long-running Fortitude Valley walkway dispute, which has devastated many local traders." Roberto Cavallucci [dead link] issues a release: "Valley traders treated as political football. While I welcome the Minister’s announcement, and hope the walkway opens soon, this commitment reeks of politics and I can’t help but feel the traders are being treated as a political football. Today’s announcement from the Minister is another case of spin over substance. The announcement is effectively that a bureaucrat will be making a phone call to make a suggestion."
  • 2012. 8 February. The Independent publishes several articles: "Traders start to walk away"/"Traders set to move on" , "Captain Quirk cleans up as struggling traders clear out", and "Call for Waltons to be resumed".
  • 2012. 9 February. City News. "Peace treaty in walkway war. Resolution is in sight for Fortitude Valley traders hurt by the closure of a vital walkway connecting their businesses and commuters, after intervention from the State Government ... "The department (Transport and Main Roads) has given a commitment that whatever is wrong will be fixed" [Member for Brisbane Central Grace Grace] said. Valley Chamber of Commerce director Carol Gordon believed it could happen very quickly with a similar licensing arrangement inside the Valley Metro centre taking 72 hours. ... "We love the idea, we think it's great, we're just looking at how long it's going to take," [Owner of Autograph Memorabilia Corey Hamilton] said."
  • 2012. 11 February. The Lees' real estate agent Glenn Gracie posts to the "Re-Open the Walkway" page: "If you want to know anything just ask me i do have all the answers some i can share some i cannot."
  • 2012. 15 February. The Happy Valley Body Corporate moves to resolve its insurance issues. The Queensland Body Corporate and Community Management Commissioner issues Adjudicators Orders. "Both owners in the scheme lodged this application seeking an order that the general meeting notice period be reduced to 48 hours so that the body corporate can consider a motion to approve the insurance coverage and raise an urgent special levy to pay the insurance premium of $45,000.00."
  • 2012. 16 February. Glenn Gracie posts again: "I am currently working right now with Mount Cathay Negotiating terms Happpy valley had to get approval from all parties thank you for the support of those who are i am working on the long term fix which does effect the short term gain ."
  • 2012. 17 February. New council clean-up powers for Fortitude Valley. Brisbane Times writes about the proposed "Health Safety and Amenity Local Law 2012" affecting Fortitude Valley properties in a particular area which "includes specific sections which ask that a "bond" be lodged with Brisbane City Council to cover the cost of the work. This bond gets forfeited to the council if the work is not up to standard, or repairs are too slow." Unkempt Valley building owners face fines, mayor says on the ABC. "At the moment, I can tell you for sure that there are tenants who would like to take out leases in the Valley but simply are not because of the general amenity that some buildings [have] and the appearance of the Valley," [Graham Quirk] said. "We need to improve that - it's a very critical part of our city's make-up." Lord Mayor's press release: [dead link] "The Lord Mayor announced in December last year that Council had begun drafting a new law after the State Government provided advice that Council had no power to act on amenity issues such as buildings that were dirty, dilapidated or in disrepair; only matters of public safety."
  • 2012. 17 February. Terri Begley on 612. "Fortitude Valley building owners have been put on notice - clean up your act or hand over your cash." Terri Begley: "... it's looking pretty dirty and grimy and a bit run-down. I'm standing in front of one of the prime examples that these new laws aim to do something about. It's a building on the corner of Wickham and Brunswick Streets and a lot of people would know it as the former Waltons building. And it really isn't a pleasant sight when you walk past these sort of buildings. There's not only rubbish around and dirty cracked footpaths but the outside of the building is all basically fallen into disrepair. Now this as I said is an example of what the Council wants to be able to force building owners to do something about." Carol Gordon: "[The Valley Chamber of Commerce has] been wanting [these laws] for a long time. ... there are a few [ugly buildings], you'll get a copycat - one owner gets away with it and another owner gets away with it." TB: "A lot of these buildings don't have tenants in them, but why don't the building owners do something about it, don't they want their properties to look at least pleasant to the eye?" CG: "Yes well you'd certainly think so and particularly when many of them have been designated in this area for thirty storey buildings. They're heritage and maybe that's one of the reasons they're trying to ... you know maybe it's looking at running it down so you can actually get away with it. [Ed: presumably she means they are hoping to be given permission to demolish it or have the government demolish it] Certainly we've got plenty of owners who don't think that but you know it looks like that from here." TB: "How much does this get linked to lost business?" CG: "We're already seeing that, this particular owner and one of the other owners here is in legal action etc over access to the railway station. ... Council and government have a requirement to really work together and get the legislation necessary to get it working." 612 posts a photo on twitter.
  • 2012. 21 February. Brisbane City Council Minutes Meeting 4369. [dead link] "The matter before us today is the draft Health Safety and Amenity Amending Local Law. This is a local law which has been drafted and relates specifically to an area in the Valley. This local law has come about as a result of a history of some building owners in the Valley not maintaining their buildings in a standard which is necessary, if we are going to see an uplift in the daytime economy and the amenity generally of the Valley business precinct. This local law will probably take many months before it actually becomes law. This is the first stage of the process today. This has come about because of the fact that there are many people in the Valley, many business owners that are investing heavily in their buildings, wanting to promote the Valley as a great commercial precinct. There are, however, some business owners that are simply not doing the right thing. It is about making sure that the standard of buildings is not necessarily perfect, but at least reaches a minimum standard—a standard which will not be a detriment for new people wanting to take up a commercial offering in the Valley. So, that is what this proposes to do." Discussion continues from pages 29 to 38, with lots of bickering.
  • 2012. 22 February. The Independent headlines the front page: "Govt offer to fix walkway rejected." "A State Government offer made more than two weeks ago to reopen the closed Waltons walkway that is sending local traders broke has been rejected. ... [Brisbane Central MP] Grace Grace told The Independent this week: "The Government cannot take any action until the owner of the walkway agrees to it. We have a resolution on the table; whether it goes ahead is entirely in the owner's court". But a source close to Waltons owner Mount Cathay Pty Ltd called the government move a "six-month band-aid" that had put negotiations between the parties "back by a week"." Another story is headlined "Parties bicker over a cleaner Valley" about Graham Quirk and ALP Lord Mayoral candidate Ray Smith.
  • 2012. 23 February. City News. "Walkway impasse is strangling businesses. Fortitude Valley business owners have welcomed council laws forcing building owners to clean up their act but want the walkway between Fortitude Valley station and McWhirters opened immediately. Despite a State Government offer on February 7 to lease the walkway and end the 10-week long saga, the doors remain closed, diverting vital pedestrian traffic away from businesses. Member for Brisbane Central Grace Grace said an offer from the Government to take care of the walkway has not yet been accepted by those involved. Ms Grace said the parties were still negotiating but, because they were in caretaker mode, it was impossible to make another offer." Jason Somerville posts a picture of the first closed business in McWhirters, Bewitching Blooms.
  • 2012. 23 February. Lend Lease begins legal action against Mount Cathay in the Brisbane Supreme Court. The file number is 1670/12, Lend Lease is represented by Freehills, and the next listing date is 15 March. Lend Lease applies to the court to order Mount Cathay to "open and keep open the fire doors located at the southeast end of Easement [referred to in Easement section above] ... during the hours of 6.00 am to 8.00 pm each day unless the fire doors need to be closed in the event of a fire hazard", for application costs to be paid by Mount Cathay and "such other orders or relief as the Court considers appropriate". Two affidavits are filed on behalf of Lend Lease.
  • 2012. 27 February. The consultation period begins for the proposed "Health Safety and Amenity Local Law 2012" which aims to "place a duty on owners of buildings in designated areas [ie Fortitude Valley heart] to maintain the appearances of their buildings to a standard which does not detract from the appearances of other buildings in the area". The amending local law [dead link] and subordinate local law [dead link] are available on the Brisbane City Council website and the consultation period ends on 19 March.
  • 2012. 7 March. The Lend Lease vs Mount Cathay case is adjourned to 20 March.
  • 2012. 13-14 March. A third and fourth affidavit are filed on behalf of Lend Lease in the Lend Lease vs Mount Cathay case.
  • 2012. 15-16 March. A fifth affidavit is filed on behalf of Lend Lease and Mount Cathay applies for directions (also set down for 20 March). A sixth affidavit is filed on 16 March for Lend Lease and the first affidavit is filed on behalf of Mount Cathay.
  • 2012. 18 March. The Valley Chamber of Commerce publishes their response to the proposed BCC laws affecting the Waltons building and others in the area.
  • 2012. 19 March. A second affidavit is filed on behalf of Mount Cathay. The Independent comments on the case noting that the Happy Valley Body Corporate joined the case.
  • 2012. 20 March. The Supreme Court of Queensland (Judge Lyons) hands down its judgment on the case of Lend Lease Funds Management v Mount Cathay, ordering the easement doors to be opened from 6am on 21 March. Further, it was ordered "the Respondent, Mount Cathay Pty Ltd pay the Applicant's costs of the application, Va Duong Moc and Chan Cu Moc's costs of the application, and the Happy Valley Body Corporate's costs of the application."
  • 2012. 21 March. The walkway is reopened. Valley retailers rejoice at walkway reopening according to the Brisbane Times.
  • 2012. 21 March. RTI documents TMR correspondence: Anne Fry writes to Sal Petroccitto. Mount Cathay ordered to pay costs: "All up there were 10 lawyers at the bar table! During the hearing, one barrister commented on the cost of rectifying a few broken tiles or replacing the tiles with vinyl."
  • 2012. 29 March. City News: Chamber wants better plan to manage Valley. "A management plan in Fortitude Valley could stop problems like the saga of the blocked Walton's walkway, according to the Valley Chamber of Commerce. A dispute between body corporates and building owners was resolved last week only after court intervention to reopen the doors connecting the McWhirters building with the station via the airbridge. The chamber is lobbying for a day management plan to cover the whole area, focusing on connections between the station and surrounding streets."
  • 2012. 12 April. The Independent: "Rough end, somebody?" Traders in McWhirters " ... are looking at a recent Supreme Court decision on the issue to see whether a class action lawsuit might be brough against those who closed the doors in the first place."
  • 2012. 14 April. Reconstruction work begins on the walkway.
  • 2012. 17 April. Preparations begin for a video game arcade to move into the ground level of the Wickham St portion of Waltons. Fastplay Games closed their outlet in Indooroopilly Shopping Centre next to the food court in order to move there.
  • 2012. 17-19 April. On 17 April, Mount Cathay filed a notice of appeal in the Supreme Court (file number 3506/12) concerning their case against the Happy Valley Body Corporate, Lend Lease, and the Mocs; this is noted on the original file on 19 April.
  • 2012. 23 April. The walkway reconstruction with a new non-slip surface is essentially complete. The video arcade final touches are added, and both escalators (up and down) from Wickham Street to the Happy Valley Centre adjoining the Waltons walkway are operational.
  • 2012. 16 May. The Independent writes on the walkway repair. "The Independent understands the work was undertaken by the revitalised Happy Valley Body Corporate in the adjacent building that once housed the Chinese Club, in an agreement signed off between the relevant parties just before the court ruling.That agreement is also believed to be responsible for the fact that the up and down escalators servicing the Happy Valley building to Wickham Street have been operating in both directions reasonably regularly since the walkway makeover, much to the amazement of both local business owners and pedestrians alike."
  • 2012. 29 May. The second respondent in the appeal concerning the walkway files a "Notice of Change of Solicitors".
  • 2012. 18 June. An affidavit is filed on behalf of the first respondent (Lend Lease) in the appeal (sworn 6 June).
  • 2012. 9 July. A record of proceedings is filed on behalf of the appellant (Mount Cathay) in the appeal.
  • 2012. 24 July. Another affidavit is filed in the appeal on behalf of the Happy Valley Body Corporate, and leave is sought to adduce evidence.
  • 2012. 30 July. The Establishment Coordination Committee [dead link] "agreed to continue the local law making process for the Health Safety and Amenity Amending Local Law 2012 and Health Safety and Amenity Subordinate Local Law 2012."
  • 2012. 6 August. Another affidavit is filed in the appeal on behalf of Lend Lease, and the next hearing date will be 11 September.
  • 2012. 3 September. Walkway woes back to haunt Valley traders? "An appeal against the Supreme Court decision back in May that ordered the reopening of the Waltons walkway has many nearby Fortitude Valley traders once again wondering if they have a commercial future. Mount Cathay Pty Ltd, owner of the Waltons building that houses a 20-metre stretch of the vital walkway that links Valley Metro and the Brunswick Street railway station to McWhirters and beyond, is appealing against the court’s ruling on 19 March that it was responsible for the upkeep of its section of the walkway and that the walkway was safe to use."
  • 2012. 10 September. After two more affidavits were filed on 27 August and 4 September, a "Notice That Party Is Acting In Person" is filed on behalf of the appellant (Mount Cathay).
  • 2012. 11 September. A hearing is held in the Court of Appeal resulting in an adjournment - according to the "Result" table. This will be updated as more information comes to hand.
  • 2012. 24 September. The order in the appeal is filed on behalf of the registrar.
  • 2012. September - October. Fastplay Games moves out of 248 Wickham Street, leaving the premises much better looking than before.
  • 2012. 2 October. Another application to the Court of Appeal is made by Mount Cathay, and they file another affidavit.
  • 2012. 9 October. The judgment in the appeal is delivered. The appeal is dismissed with costs against Mount Cathay. AustLII publishes a version of the judgment with hyperlinks.
  • 2012. 17 October. Mount Cathay and JNL Management lodge a "Change to Company Details Appointment or Cessation of A Company Officeholder (484E)" form. Chui Fan Lee (sic) became a director of Mount Cathay on 10 September 2012, the day before the appeal hearing. Thus, the judgment says: "At the hearing of this appeal, leave was granted for the appellant to be represented by Dr Lee, who is not a lawyer but who is a director of the company" in contrast to the previous hearings where Dr Lee was described as "an authorised representative of Mount Cathay".
  • 2012. 12 November. Nancy Lee writes a letter to ASIC (referring to the previous form 484) chastising them for not having the right name: "Chui Fan Lee" (sic) should have been "Chiu Lee".
  • 2012. October - November. The smashed "A & J Trading" sign on Brunswick Street is removed. With the wetter weather, tarpaulins and buckets are placed on top shelves around the shop to catch leaks.
  • 2012. 21 November. Valley property owners on notice. The Brisbane Times reports on the passing of the new Health Safety and Amenity Local Law 2012 for Fortitude Valley. Vicki Howard writes about the laws on her site. The Courier Mail writes about "Valley property owners face $20,000 fine if clean up order ignored". 4BC chats to Milton Dick [dead link] about the laws.
  • 2012. 5 December. Costs statement notices are issued in the Mount Cathay / Lend Lease case.