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But they will also mean property owners who border parks or reserves can expect to foot big bills for fixing their fence because their local council is no longer obliged to chip in.

Neighbours commonly fall out over the condition, kind and cost of replacing fences but the Fences Amendment Bill 2014 updating the original 1968 act, which takes effect this week, should pre-empt some of those issues.

Key changes to fence laws include shifting the onus of liability for fences from the property's occupier to its owner and requiring adjoining owners to contribute equally to a "sufficient" dividing fence, a change that has exempted councils from responsibility.

"Previously councils were deemed as occupiers under section 3 of the old fences act. Now the law specifically excludes municipal councils," Tisher Liner FC Law partnerPhillip Leaman said.

That may not prevent the councils from agreeing to contribute, but they no longer have a legal obligation to do so, he said.

Many of Melbourne's parks and reserves are owned by local municipalities.

The amended laws also set out new rules for notifying neighbours, determining boundaries and carrying out and paying for urgent fencing works.

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Ed Miliband speech as it happened

- September 24, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

Simon Walker, the Director General of the IoD said: "This was an opportunity for Ed Miliband to demonstrate that he is on the side of Britain's small businesses, entrepreneurs and wealth creators. It was an opportunity to show that his party understands and values the role that British business plays in creating jobs, driving prosperity and supporting communities.

"Unfortunately, the only reference to business was a caricatured broadside against corporate failures, which is in fact a million miles away from the risk, sacrifice and hard work of the small and medium sized businesses that account for 99% of all companies in this country and 60% of private sector jobs.

There are many within the Labour party who fully grasp that SMEs are Britains job-creators, but their voice was drowned out in their leaders speech."

16.55: The Lib Dems, with a nod to this week's 20th anniversary of Friends, has branded Mr Miliband

It was, they say, "the one where Gareth stole the show"

Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat Party President, said: The country needs a bold roadmap for the future and all we got was a wayward ramble around a north London park.

With every new announcement we are reminded why we cannot trust Labour with our money.

In an hour-long speech, Miliband offered no ideas on how to tackle the deficit.

Promises go underfunded, uncosted or use money thats been spent many times over.

We are still waiting to hear Labours big ideas, still wondering if the party that crashed the economy can be trusted to get back behind the wheel.

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Ed Miliband speech live

- September 24, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

There are many within the Labour party who fully grasp that SMEs are Britains job-creators, but their voice was drowned out in their leaders speech."

16.55: The Lib Dems, with a nod to this week's 20th anniversary of Friends, has branded Mr Miliband

It was, they say, "the one where Gareth stole the show"

Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat Party President, said: The country needs a bold roadmap for the future and all we got was a wayward ramble around a north London park.

With every new announcement we are reminded why we cannot trust Labour with our money.

In an hour-long speech, Miliband offered no ideas on how to tackle the deficit.

Promises go underfunded, uncosted or use money thats been spent many times over.

We are still waiting to hear Labours big ideas, still wondering if the party that crashed the economy can be trusted to get back behind the wheel.

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How 'Gareth' the IT man from Kentish Town upstaged Ed Miliband

- September 24, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

Labour leader littered his speech with stories about ordinary people He returned again and again to 'Gareth' a Cambridge-educated IT worker But Mr Miliband's rhetorical trick ended up with Gareth trending on Twitter

By Tom McTague, Deputy Political Editor for MailOnline and John Stevens for the Daily Mail

Published: 11:17 EST, 23 September 2014 | Updated: 17:13 EST, 23 September 2014

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They were supposed to be the eight ordinary voters whose stories of struggle inspired Ed Miliband in his fight against the Tories.

But four of those featured in his speech met Mr Miliband on Hampstead Heath, less than a mile from his 2.6million home.

The Labour leader referenced one of them a software developer called Gareth Edwards so often that his first name started to trend on Twitter. And last night the 36-year-old turned out to be a former Lib Dem supporter.

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Mister Fix-it opens up

- September 24, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

PUT V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup in a race car and he's in total control, but give him a garden tool and he's, well, like you and me.

Whincup was the special guest yesterday at the official opening of the Bunnings Warehouse West Ipswich.

He was interviewed by one of the Bunnings staff and had everyone in stitches as he described his DIY misadventures.

"Dad had a big garage, absolutely every tool in the box and he taught me you've got to do it yourself," he said.

"Basically I'm too tight to pay someone to do the job so I'll come in here, buy the tools and go home and try to do it myself.

"Generally my issues are electrical. The air-conditioner broke down the other day and I thought I'd fix it.

"I opened up the front of it and there's a big sticker across it, 'If you're not an electrician, don't go any further', so what do you do - you unscrew it. Anyway, I touched the wrong part and got a decent zap. I've had the hedge trimmer though the lead - that's always good; everyone's done that, haven't they?"

Whincup opened the new Bunnings with complex manager Roy Ram and Bunnings chief operating officer Peter Davis.

Mr Davis said it was the 39th in Queensland and the first of three new Bunnings stores in Ipswich.

"Springfield will open in the next 12 months and that's an investment of some $38 million; Bundamba in the next 12 months is $46 million and that will bring our total investment in Ipswich over two years to $131 million," Mr Davis said.

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