The Retirement Village Residents Association (Inc)
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RVRA Comment:
The RVRA is not opposed to the operator's (and Residents) right to appeal a decision made by the CTTT. However, the RVRA is opposed to the naming of the residents as the defendants, which is unnecessary, unjust and gives the operators considerable coercive powers to deter the residents from exercising their legal rights. See Link 1 below.




Stockland Retirement Living
Appeals decision of the CTTT
naming the
Residents of Queens Lake Village
as the Defendants.




HUGE CONGLOMERATE TAKES ON THE
"LITTLE PEOPLE"

Can you imagine anything more perverse than a story about the Stocklands Group - big business and big profits, taking on a group of elderly pensioners in a Retirement Village to make sure the big business profits get even bigger? This is such a story!



Click on the links below to read about this situation:
    1.   RVRA position on appeals against CTTT findings.

    2.   "Huge Conglomerate takes on the "Little People"

    3.   "As I See It" by John Cooper, 14/01/11.

    4.   A letter received 17/01/11 from a Resident in another NSW retirement village.

    5.   Letter received 18/01/11, concerned Resident retirement village who wishes to remain anonymous for obvious reasons.

    6.   "Anger as elderly residents evicted" The Age newspaper 18/11/10.

    7.   Letter received 20/01/11 from a Resident in another retirement village.

    8.   Letter sent to NSW Parliamentarians 20/01/11 from a Resident in a retirement village.

    9.   Letter dated 21/01/11 from Clover Moore MP to the Minister for Fair Trading.

    10. "Paying a high price to retire" The Age newspaper 22/01/11, change "Vic" to "NSW" the case histories are the same.

    11.  Letter from the RVRA President to the Minister for Fair Trading 22/01/11.

    12.  Email received from the Son of Residents in a Retirement Village, 23/01/11.

    13.  Letter sent by Peter Besseling MP to the Minister for Fair Trading, 24/01/11.

    14.  Letter sent by Greg Aplin MP, Shadow Minister for Fair Trading to the Minister for Fair Trading, 25/01/11.

    15.  Letter received from RV Resident, 25/01/11.

    16.  Copy of a letter to Stockland by a Stockland Shareholder, 28/01/11.

    17.  Combination of three documents - Stockland to Residents John Cooper, 30/01/11.

    18.  Letter to John Cooper from Peter Draper MP, received 31/01/11.

    19.  Email to RVRA Secretary Anonymous, received 31/01/11.

    21.  Email to RVRA Secretary Retirement Village Resident - Len, received 31/01/11.

    22.  Two emails to RVRA Secretary Michael and Joyce, received 31/01/11.

    23.  Email to RVRA Secretary from Retirement Village Residents - Ken and Ruth, received 31/01/11.

    24.  Email to RVRA Secretary from a Retirement Village Resident - Charles, received 31/01/11.

    25.  Letter to RVRA Secretary from a Retirement Village Resident - Geoff, received 1/02/11.

    26.  Letter to RVRA Secretary from a Retirement Village Resident - Aloys, received 1/02/11.

    27.  Email to RVRA Secretary from a Retirement Village Resident - Barry, received 1/02/11.

    28.  Email to RVRA Secretary from a Mountain View Retirement Village Resident, received 1/02/11.

    29.  Letter to State Parliamentarians from a Retirement Village Residents Monica and Mike, received 1/02/11.

    30.  Email to RVRA Secretary from the Son of a Retirement Village Resident, received 1/02/11.

    31.  Letter to RVRA Secretary from a Retirement Village Resident - Patrick, received 1/02/11.

    32.  Letter to RVRA Secretary from a Retirement Village Resident - Lois, received 1/02/11.

    33.  Two articles relating to Victorian Experiences, its not just NSW, received 2/02/11.

    34.  Comment on the response from some Ministers and politicians: Neil , its not just NSW, received 2/02/11.

    35.  Letter to RVRA Secretary from a Retirement Village Resident, received 2/02/11.

    36.  Letter to RVRA Secretary from Retirement Village Residents, received 2/02/11.

    37.  Letter to Chairman of Directors, Stockland by John Cooper, written 27/01/11.

    38.  Letter to John Cooper from David Pitman, CEO Stockland Retirement Living, written 2/02/11.

    39.  Comment by John Cooper, dated 3/02/11.

    40.  Letter to Stockland Chairman of Directors fromResidents in another Stockland village, dated 3/02/11.

    41.  Letter to RVRA Secretary from Retirement Village Residents, received 3/02/11.

    42.  Letter to RVRA Secretary from Retirement Village Resident - Mountain View, received 4/02/11.

    43.  The devil's in the detail Australian Ageing Agenda, 4/02/11.

    44.  How things happen - the case of Queens lake Village. Australian Ageing Agenda, 4/02/11.

    45.  Email to RVRA Secretary fromRetirement Village Resident - Tom, 4/02/11.

    46.  The decision and orders handed down on 9/12/10 by the CTTT is available here.

    47.  Copy of a letter sent to David Pitman by a Queens Lake Village Resident - Dennis dated, 4/02/11.

    48.  Email to RVRA Secretary from Son of Parents in a Retirement Village dated, 4/02/11.

    49.  On the first read of Mr David Pitman’ s (Stockland) letter from Retirement Village Resident - Leone dated, 5/02/11.

    50.  Letter to RVRA Secretary from a Retirement Village Resident - Helen dated, 5/02/11.

    51.  Letter to RVRA Secretary from a Retirement Village Resident - D and K Greg dated, 5/02/11.

    52.  Letter to RVRA Secretary from a Retirement Village Resident - Maureen dated, 5/02/11.

    53.  Email to RVRA Secretary from a Retirement Village Resident - Stan dated, 5/02/11.

    54.  Email to RVRA Secretary from a Retirement Village Resident - Anonymous dated, 8/02/11.

    55.  Report re the District Court Directional Hearing to the Residents of Queens Lake Village by John Cooper dated, 8/02/11.

    56.  Article from the Finance Section of the Sydney Morning Herald dated, 10/02/11.

    57.  Letter to Minister for Fair Trading byAndrew McDonald MP dated, 2/02/11.

    58.  Letter to Secretary of RVRA from 14 Retirement Village Residents dated, 11/02/11.

    59.  Email to Secretary of RVRA from Retirement Village Resident - Beverle dated, 13/02/11.

    60.  Email to Secretary of RVRA from another Retirement Village Resident - Peter dated, 13/02/11.

    61.  Letter to Secretary of RVRA from Retirement Village Residents - John and Josie dated, 10/02/11.

    62.  Email to Secretary of RVRA from Retirement Village Resident - Colin received, 16/02/11.

    63.  Sydney Morning Herald - Money section - "Lifestyle's hidden costs", published, 16/02/11.

    64.  Letter from Office of Fair Trading to Peter Draper MP - Member for Tamworth, dated, 1/02/11.

    65.  "Caring for Seniors" NSW Lib/Nats' plan for standard contracts for retirement villages. Received, 17/02/11.

    66.  "Report to QLV Residents " Re: District Court Hearing, by John Cooper. Received, 16/03/11.

If you are as incensed about the actions of the operator of Queens Lake Village as the Residents of many other villages are, then please pass on a link to this page to as many people as you feel disposed to.

The only way that "Little People" can stand up to "Big Business" and "Government" is by way of public pressure.

Any assistance you can give in this matter will be greatly appreciated by not only the Residents at Queens Lake Village, but by the Residents in Retirement Villages throughout Australia.













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