Victoria establishes a $4M taskforce to enforce stricter rental laws and penalize landlords/agents for false advertising, uninhabitable properties, and non-lodging of bonds.

Victoria introduces a $4M taskforce to enforce stricter rental laws, targeting false advertising, uninhabitable properties, and failure to lodge bonds. Dodgy landlords and real estate agents face fines of up to $11,000 for not meeting minimum standards. A new taskforce, embedded in Consumer Affairs Victoria, will employ analysts, inspectors, investigators, and lawyers to tackle these issues.