Dear Minister

There is a problem that exists all over Australia, with the ordinarycitizen, not able to afford justice, to take a Boundary issues to theSupreme Court, incurring costs in excess of $70,000. A normal wageearner with a mortgage simply cannot afford justice.

It would appear that a person can, encroach on your propertywithout any form of survey conducted, building approval's, orCouncil Approval's, Council's merely says go and get legal advice,which, because it is a boundary issue, will cost in excess of $70,000 topursue in the Supreme Court. Contrary to providing support andinformation to its rate-payers, Local Council's have been obscure andbelittling, in there dealings with boundary issues.

I have written to various local Ministers in regard to boundary issues,Minister Saffioti MLA, Minister johnson MLA, Minister TemplemanMLA, Minister MCGurk MLA, and all have said that I should seeklegaladvice.

I am a pensioner and own my house, like many others I cannot affordthese prohibited costs, to receive justice, I have tried legal aid, scales,and other legal help, only to be told with boundary issues they cannothelp, NO Help to the innocent party.

I had to go to the Supreme Court, at My cost, which resulted in amediation agreement to take the wall down and fix any otherassociated problems. At that time the costs to me were in excess of$27,000.

There was (and still is} no enforcement to the mediation ruling andas my lawyer s ongoing attempts at correspondence with theinvolved parties continually went urianswered, I could not afford toproceed any further and was forced to let my lawyer go. It wouldappear that there is no justice with boundary issues, due to excessivefinancial barriers, which have only been (I believe deliberatelyIexacerbated by council delays, lack of action or even reply's, to dowith boundary issues.

This is essentially condoned land theft. My cost so far are in excess of$30,000, no compensation, lost retirement savings, with the innocentparty paying boundary issues to protect their property.

Boundary Theft is Theft of Land. Having to pay to have the right toyour own property that sits within a legally defined boundary byhaving to go to the Supreme Court to protect it is, to me, is veryprohibitive.I believe a simple remedy to the law, which is urgently required tostop this unnecessary injustice with boundary issues be included inlaw.

If you remove an existing boundary (without consent) andproceed to build on or over a boundary,With proof from a surveyor that you have done so,Then surely you must,

A: Remove the encroachment,B : Reinediate the boundary,C: Or pay the appropriate land and associated costs.

Why cannot it be this simple?

Yours sincerelyLawne Bugeja

Dear, Minister

My name is Lawne Bugeja and I purchased a dilapidated house atnumber, early Ianuary 201.3,On moving into the house in late February, after renovations, one ofmy helpers ( Who is a Brick layer } said to me that the Boundary walthat was on the northern side of the house adjoining 22 AshburtonTce, is out of line and starts half way down to completely go on toyour property and has a doorway that should not be there, also notbuilt to AsA standards.

The next door Neighbor at number over heard ourconversation and came over to assure me that he had, had his Block

surveyed and the wall was on his property showing me a survey nailin the pavement at the front of our property's. After seeing thissurvey nail I went about, still moving in, again my Friend pointed outthat this wall was on my property.

in early Aprilof 20131had plan's drawn up to build a Granny Flatand garage also patio, before I lodged my plans with council I showedmy new neighbors the plans to make SUI;e that they were aware ofmy proposal for my new plans, to which all except number 22Ashburton Tce, were happy with.

The Neighbor at number , asked to borrow myplans to show his Wife, to which I consented, the next day after Iwent to retrieve my plans, I see that he had copied my plans with outmy permission also that he was unhappy with the plans, saying thatthe windows he presumed on the plans were looking at his block, Iassured him that they were not windows but brick pears to hold mywall, still he was not happy and I could not work out why.

On lodging my plans with councilin April2013, I received fromcouncil a 10 page submission with photos that was lodged by myNeighbor from objecting to my plans, on the 3rd ofIuly at the Planning serviced council meeting the neighbor was thereat this meeting still objecting to my plans, the Council that eveningpassed my plans on there own merit.

After hearing the neighbor complain at that council meeting, I thenhad my block Surveyed, to find that his wall had been built on my

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land, I then went to see Council to have this looked into, only to betold that boundary disputes are not dealt with by council it is a civildispute and you will need to see a lawyer.

I also ask council to see if there were plans lodged with council forthis wall that had been built on my property, after four timesarranging to see council to view the wall plans, I was then informedthat there were no plans lodged for this 3 Meter dividing Boundarywall also no permit for the doorway that was in the wall.

I then informed compliance at the council that the neighbor had,unauthorized land use, unauthorized structure, Planning conditionsnon- compliance , Privacy/ overlooking issues, Retaining wallcomplaint, to be told that the Neighbor would have to submitretrospective plans.

I then said to council that how can the neighbor submit retrospectiveplans if he has built on some one else's land with out authorization, tobe told again that this is a civil dispute and you have to sort it out incourt.

I have also had a engineers report on the boundary wall that statesthat the wall is structural Iy un sound and should be taken downwhich I gave a copy to council, only to be told again that the wall is acivil matter and the council can not do any thing until the neighborsubmits retrospective plans. I am going around in circles withcouncil, my safety is at risk because of this unsafe wall, I have planspassed by council from 3rd Iuly 2013 and can not build because of thisencroachment.

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I have now been perusing this with council for 14 Months and amstill waiting for answers, I have been fobbed off by all sorts of delaysand slowing tactics by council, even by the Mayor Brad Petritt.

I have had to lodge papers with the Supreme Court on this matterand the costs to me are outrageous standing now at $ 24,000 dollars,for this amount I went to Mediation at the Supreme Court to have anagreement made by both parties, that the wall be removed from myland and other defects in the retaining wall be rectified.

I have had to stop my costs at $27,000 Dollars with my Solicitor,while my Neighbor disregards our agreement, I can not afford topursue this agreement any more, the dispute is still ongoing with nohelp to protect ratepayers in Fremantle from outright land theft andsubstandard work being done.

It seems that if you don't put plans in to council and you don t getcaught in 11years your off the hook, no matter how unsafe thebuilding is, or how much encroach onto others property.

Also talking to builders on this matter they cannot understand thatthe council asks for retrospective plans if you get caught withoutplans, so you can say or draw plans to cover unnourished buildingsThat may not reflect what has gone into foundations where it isimpossible to see, after it has been built, this, Retrospective plan sissue needs to be addressed now to have this practice stopped.

The dealing sofar with Fremantle Council is beyond belief, when Ihave talked to a member of council on this matter next thing there onleave and I start all over again, so far I have spoken with LisaBroadbridge, Harry Erasmus, Compliance, Chloejohnson, Konradsrokowski, Steph Sunivan Planing, Brad Pettitt, Mayor of Fremantle.

Steph SUIlivan has rang me twice now to say that the neighbor hasbeen told that he has to lodge Retrospective plans, again he has beengranted more time, 14 Months and still counting or stalling.

To me and others that are concerned about this matter, they can notbelieve that I have to sort this out in the supreme court at my ownexpense, most ordinary citizens could not afford to take this to Courtlet alone the Supreme Court, it now seems rife in Fremantle becauseof this expense and stupidity of retrospective plans.

Yours trulyLawne Bugeja

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