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Articles:

• Retirement Villages in Australia (Dr M.J. Wynne)
  This page traces the history of retirement villages as the focus shifts away from serving the needy to meeting the luxuries demanded by the wealthy. Services provided by the community are being replaced by commercial packages from the marketplace. Links are provided to pages describing a few of the companies involved.

Submissions made to Government Inquiries:

• Inquiry into Older People and the Law: Association of Residents of Queensland Retirement Villages (PDF 342KB) (ARQRV)

Various media articles:

• Village victims - ABC - Stateline (9 July 2010) 
• Property developer charged over $1.8m fraud (The Age - 24 Mar 2009)
  "...A property developer has been charged over a $1.8 million deception after a marathon civil legal battle over a failed retirement village development in Ocean Grove..." >> read more
• Mark Andrew Cyril Stanley jailed for $4.3m fraud (Herald Sun - 28 Jun 2008)
  "...A FLAMBOYANT businessman who ripped off $2.79 million from investors in a nursing home development (Berwick retirement village project) was behind bars last night. Mark Andrew Cyril Stanley, 46, was jailed for at least 3 1/2 years for $4.3 million in frauds. County Court Judge Tom Wodak said Stanley stole to support his lavish lifestyle and service his debts between April 2000 and May 2005..." >> read more
• Retirement village managers face sack (WA today - 21 Aug 2009)
• "...A sweeping review of retirement village legislation has recommended the WA government be handed the power to remove incompetent village managers and appoint administrators. The report, released today by Consumer Protection Commissioner Anne Driscoll, makes 82 recommendations to improve retirement villages across the state..." >> read more
• Retirement village seeks US bailout (The Australian - 22 Nov 2007)
• "...A PROPERTY developer promoted by fashion designer Maggie Tabberer claims to have entered into a rescue deal with a US financier in an attempt to pay out $30 million to investors in one of its struggling retirement village projects..." >> read more

AUSTLII

Tribunal and Court Decisions: The AUSTLII (Australian Legal Information Institute) database contains final decisions relating to retirement villages.

• AUSTLII: All case law documents tagged retirement villages act
• Queensland Commercial and Consumer Tribunal: Retirement Villages List (sorted by date order)
• Residential Tribunal of New South Wales: NSW (sorted by date order)
• Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal: Retirement villages
  Note that this encompasses the Residential Tenancies List