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Are you moving out of your leased property to start a new life in a new city? The process of leaving the rental premises is not as easy as you think. As a tenant, it is your responsibility to return the property in a clean and sparkling state. If you fail in doing so, you could lose your bond money. Apart from this, a landlord has the right to withhold the part of your security deposit if you breach the lease agreement . So, be careful when you are at the end of your lease period. From minor repairs to thoroughly cleaning the property, have a look at some important things if you want to secure your bond money. 1. Check Your Lease Agreement Before moving out of your rental premises in Canberra, make sure you read the agreement and know how to properly end the lease. Read all the clauses related to the moving out notice, cleaning requirements, maintenance obligations, etc. It is always good to resolve tenancy issues at the end of a lease if you want your full bond mon...

Sport Australia received the final list of projects to be given grants from the former sports minister Bridget McKenzie 17 minutes after the government entered the caretaker period and one day after it was sent to the prime minister’s office. Sport Australia officials revealed at a Senate inquiry hearing on Thursday that McKenzie chose not to fund 164 projectsthe agency had recommended on 3 April 2019, sending a final list at 8.46am on 11 April, 17 minutes after the governor general prorogued parliament before the 2019 election. Read more:  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/27/bridget-mckenzie-gave-sport-australia-final-list-of-grant-projects-in-caretaker-period

SYDNEY: Australia will close schools and cancel sporting events in the event of an uncontained coronavirus outbreak, Minister for Health Greg Hunt said on Wednesday (Feb 26), as the government accelerates plans to cope with a possible pandemic. Believed to have originated from wildlife in China's Wuhan city late last year, the flu-like disease has infected 80,000 people and killed nearly 3,000 in China. Read more:  https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/australia-close-schools-cancel-sports-event-coronavirus-outbreak-12472248

In a post-mortem of the Australian bushfires, which raged for five months, scientists have concluded that their intensity and duration far surpassed what climate models had predicted, according to a study published yesterday in Nature Climate Change. The bushfires were far more catastrophic than any climate crisis models out there, leading the scientists to call the devastation, "a fiery wake-up call for climate science," as the BBC reported. The study said that the bushfires were "unprecedented" after they burned more than one-fifth of the country's forests. "This [was] worse than anything our models simulated," said climate scientist Benjamin Sanderson to the BBC. Sanderson, a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, co-wrote the article in Nature Climate Change. Read more:  https://www.ecowatch.com/australia-wildfires-climate-models-2645279035.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2

Australia’s T20 World Cup preparations continue to go from strength to strength after David Warner and Steve Smith enjoyed a triumphant return to Cape Town, piloting the tourists to a 2-1 series victory over South Africa. Returning to the scene of the ball tampering scandal, Warner (57 off 37 balls) and Smith (30 not out off 15) starred with the bat before Australia bowled out the lacklustre Proteas for 96 in response to their 193-5. Read more:  https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/27/david-warner-makes-triumphant-return-to-newlands-in-big-australia-win

People are surprised when I tell them that I have not used chemical cleaning and disinfecting products for the past five years. I understand their surprise because it is a common misconception that you cannot clean deeply without store-bought products. Through this blog, I am going to bust this myth.  Before 1916 animal fats and vegetable oils were used to make soaps; however, that changed with the invention of chemically synthesised soaps that are known as detergents today. Since many toxic cleaners were developed, causing air, water, and land pollution. However, it is time we changed our methods of cleaning by shunning products with potentially hazardous chemicals and started using natural ingredients to do our bit for  making Earth clean and green .  Dump Chemical Cleaners At Home The first step to make your home clean and sanitary without affecting the environment is to get rid of toxic cleaning solutions and powders at home. Read the labels to dump the...

Heavy rains in New South Wales in recent days have led to hopes that all the bushfires in the Australian state could be out by the end of the week. Since Friday, parts of the fire-ravaged Australian state have experienced their heaviest rainfall in years. The rain caused widespread flooding - hundreds of people had to be rescued, including one man stranded in a tree. The deluge has also extinguished 30 fires, leaving only four "uncontained", said the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS). In total, 24 fires remain burning across the state. Read more:  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51453767

Australia has identified 113 animal species which will need "urgent help" after their numbers and habitats were devastated by recent bushfires. In a welcome finding, there appeared to be no extinctions, said the government. But almost all species on the list had lost at least 30% of their habitat due to the mammoth blazes in the south and east over Australia's summer. Koalas and wallabies, as well as bird, fish and frog species are among those needing the most help, said experts. Researchers had previously estimated that more than 1 billion animals may have perished in the fires, which scorched large swathes of temperate forest and grassland. Read more:  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51469688

Australia’s rivers are being hit by a “triple whammy” of impacts that will have serious and long-term effects on species and could push some to extinction, according to experts. Drought, bushfires in river catchments and now widespread heavy rain in the east of the country have created a cascade of impacts on fish, invertebrates and platypus. Prof Ross Thompson, a freshwater ecologist at the University of Canberra’s Institute for Applied Ecology, said: “There’s a real risk of losing species that we have not even gotten around to describing yet.” In New South Wales, thousands of fish have died in recent weeks in the Murray-Darling Basin and in coastal areas. Some of the mass fish kills were likely caused by the drought, while in other parts of the state ash flowing into rivers from bushfire areas has been blamed. Read more;  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/12/triple-whammy-hits-push-australian-rivers-crisis

Tropical Cyclone Damien made landfall in Western Australia over the weekend and lashed north-western parts of Australia with heavy rain and damaging winds. Unrelated to the cyclone, eastern Australia also recently had some substantial rainfall totals. While rain came as welcome relief after the severe bushfires, flash floods have now swept across the region. Storm Hervé marked the end of unseasonable warmth across parts of France and Germany last week as the system brought a cooler airmass, strong winds, and fresh, heavy snowfall to the Alps. Prior to this, south-west Europe as a whole was experiencing exceptional heat, and temperatures rocketed to 29.6C in Valencia in Spain on Tuesday, setting a new all-time February record. Read more:  https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/feb/12/tropical-cyclone-damien-brings-heavy-rain-to-western-australia

Hello People, The moment I started bookkeeping, I realised that the ultimate goal of a business should be managing the cash flow to remain successful. This is something you realise when you start working with the figures and numbers and draw inferences from the statements and books. I have been driving home the point at a variety of workshops and seminars for bookkeepers to make them understand that cash flow management is more important than seeking profits. If you are confused about this statement, then take a look at the article shared below. It will shed some light on managing the cash flow to grow your business.      https://www.agibookkeeping.com.au/manage-cash-flow-grow-business/

Australia’s rivers are being hit by a “triple whammy” of impacts that will have serious and long-term effects on species and could push some to extinction, according to experts. Drought, bushfires in river catchments and now widespread heavy rain in the east of the country have created a cascade of impacts on fish, invertebrates and platypus. Prof Ross Thompson, a freshwater ecologist at the University of Canberra’s Institute for Applied Ecology, said: “There’s a real risk of losing species that we have not even gotten around to describing yet.” In New South Wales, thousands of fish have died in recent weeks in the Murray-Darling Basin and in coastal areas. Some of the mass fish kills were likely caused by the drought, while in other parts of the state ash flowing into rivers from bushfire areas has been blamed. Read more:  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/12/triple-whammy-hits-push-australian-rivers-crisis

Australia has identified 113 animal species which will need "urgent help" after their numbers and habitats were devastated by recent bushfires. In a welcome finding, there appeared to be no extinctions, said the government. But almost all species on the list had lost at least 30% of their habitat due to the mammoth blazes in the south and east over Australia's summer. Koalas and wallabies, as well as bird, fish and frog species are among those needing the most help, said experts. Researchers had previously estimated that more than 1 billion animals may have perished in the fires, which scorched large swathes of temperate forest and grassland. Read more:  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-51469688

The Australian government has extended its travel ban on people who have travelled through China by another week, prime minister Scott Morrison has announced. The ban, initially set for 14 days and due to expire on Saturday, was extended on Thursday on the advice of Australia’s health authorities and the national security committee. The ban would be reviewed every week, Morrison said. Australian citizens, permanent residents and their immediate family are exempt from the ban, designed to limit the spread of the new coronavirus, now named Covid-19. Read more:  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/13/coronavirus-australia-extends-travel-ban-on-people-entering-from-china

Australia was already grappling with extreme heat and one of the worst droughts on record when devastating bushfires tore through the bone dry land. For months, the infernos have raged through Australia's southeast, leaving parts of the country choking under some of the worst air pollution in the world. Since September, more than 18 million hectares (44 million acres) of bush, land and forest have been burned. At least 28 people have died, around 3,000 homes have been destroyed and about one billion animals could have been affected. Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/12/australia/australia-extreme-climate-bushfire-intl-hnk/index.html