Land tax changes are here

WITH GARETH KENT Director, Preston Rowe Paterson GeelongSummer is truly here, along with bushfires and 30+ degree days, and aren’t you glad you live near the coast!I want to start this article with a tribute to a dear old friend, Dennis More, who passed away peacefully last week. In truth it took me all week to get over this news, he was one of the last real gentlemen. Dennis and I got to know each other through the work I did on his many property interests.Dennis loved to push the boundaries of what was permissible. And nothing more so than his attempt to build his own marina in Leopold several years ago. This caused an enormous amount of strife with local authorities, which Dennis thoroughly enjoyed! I remember visiting him on site, with Dennis and his mates doing the civil works themselves.Many would remember the fire in his factories in Bridge Street Newtown. One of my staff was nearby the incident when it started, and I called Dennis to let him know. His reaction was priceless: “You must be joking, I didn’t pay the bloody insurance!” I never knew if he was joking or not.

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