Despite being a professional website developer, therefore having entirely no legal training whatsoever, and in addition to carrying a gigantic disclaimer on our Contact Us Page stating we cannot help with legal questions, tenants around Australia contact me almost daily seeking free legal advice on the rent related dilemas that they find themselves in.
Rather than simply reiterating the message that is already on the contact form that I cannot help them, I have instead taken to entertaining myself at their expense as a form of compensation for inflicting their stupidity onto me.
-----Original Message-----
From: kayla wilson
Sent: Thursday, 3 December 2009 7:06 AM
Subject: Rent Australia Web Site Query
name : kayla wilson
comment : comments can my landord not provide me with a telephone service? if there is a fault with the telephone line external and internal do i have to pay to have the problem fixed with my telephone provider?
Referer Page: http://www.rentaustralia.com.au/content/fetchFiles/contact+Us/contactUs.htm/365/
From: Nick Buick
Sent: Thursday, 3 December 2009 10:27 AM
To: kayla wilson
Subject: RE: Rent Australia Web Site Query
Dear Ms Wilson,
Thank you for your email to us.
I'm pleased to report to you that the answer is no, in no state or territory in Australia may your Land Lord legally rent a house to you without providing a telephone service. In fact, recent changes to the Tenancy Act Legislation of 1982 now require all land lords to provide you with not just a telephone service, but also high-speed internet as part of tenancy agreement. If high-speed internet is not available in your area, the landlord must dress naked and perform the chicken dance in your front yard while you pelt him with copies of the Ron Fricke film Baraka on VHS for 48 hours continually as punishment for being such a poor land lord as to rent a property in an area that doesn't carry high-speed internet or a phone service.
I trust this quenches your thirst for knowledge, if I can be of any further assistance to you, freely spending my days answering your legal questions despite having no legal training whatsoever, please don't hesitate to ask.
Kind Regards,
Nick Buick
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