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Sophie FosterQLD digital real estate editor

Sophie Foster has been a News Corp journalist for two decades in Australia and Fiji, specialising in real estate, finance, business and crisis journalism.

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, watched by Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll (left), speaks during a press conference at parliament House in Brisbane, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The press conference addressed issues relating to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

D-Day for coronavirus emergency rent law

The fate of over 600,000 landlords and significantly more renters will go before QLD’s parliament today, with the tabling of the Palaszczuk government’s emergency amendments to ensure tenants are not ‘thrown out on the streets’ during COVID19.

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Premier and Minister for Trade The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk pictured holding her daily briefing about Coronavirus in Queensland,  Brisbane Tuesday 14th April 2020 Picture AAPimage/David Clark

Tenants set to gain all the power

Landlords may soon be forced to foot the bill for losses from tenants they will be also be banned from evicting under the Palaszczuk Government’s controversial proposed Covid-19 protections.

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