RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AMENDMENT ACT 2024
Focus: Clear notice requirements, fair tenancy transitions, and protection for tenants raising concerns.
These updates strengthened protections for tenants, introduced new rights for owning pets, and clarified notice rules.
• All bond lodgements and top-ups must now be completed online.
• If you raise a lawful maintenance or compliance concern, your landlord cannot issue a retaliatory notice. Tenants have 28 working days to challenge any notice you believe is retaliatory.
• Notice periods to terminate a tenancy differ based on whether your tenancy is periodic or fixed-term( see Tenancy Agreements section).
• Notices may be sent to the electronic addresses listed in your tenancy agreement, and these remain valid for up to two years unless updated.
• Tenants may request to have a pet, and landlords cannot unreasonably decline. Reasonable conditions may be applied, including a pet bond of up to two weeks’ rent, and written consent is required.
TENANT INFORMATION GUIDE 21