Regulation
The laws and regulators shaping Queensland property, and what each change means in practice.
Agency records in Queensland: what to keep, how long, in what form
Queensland law tells a property agency which documents to keep, for how many years, and what a computer system must do if the files are digital. The periods, read from the regulations.
Rent apps, payment fees and tenant data: the Queensland tenancy rules
Queensland tenancy law now regulates how rent is paid, how a rental application is submitted and how long tenant data is kept. What the rules require of agents, owners and platforms.
Delivering seller disclosure in Queensland: email, links and proof
How a Queensland seller may give the disclosure statement and certificates to a buyer on paper, by email or by link, what must happen before the buyer signs, and what the seller must be able to prove.
Electronic deeds under the Property Law Act 2023: what still needs ink
Queensland's property statute lets a deed be an electronic document, signed electronically and without a witness. What Part 6 says, section by section, and what stays on paper.
Body corporate by email and e-vote: Queensland's digital rulebook
Electronic votes, emailed meeting notices and record requests in a Queensland body corporate: what the regulation modules allow, what a scheme must decide first, and the fees from 1 July 2026.
The law behind e-conveyancing: how a national scheme binds Queensland
Electronic settlement rests on one national law that Queensland applies through its own 2013 Act. How the layers fit, what the two rulebooks are for, and who enforces them.
Tenancy notices by email in Queensland: consent, forms, counting days
When a Queensland tenancy notice may be emailed, where consent is recorded in the agreement, which RTA forms are involved and how the notice period is counted from the moment of sending.
Privacy law and real estate: what an agency may collect, and keep
Buyers, tenants and open-home visitors hand agencies a great deal of personal information. How the Privacy Act, its small business exemption and Queensland tenancy law limit it.
A data breach in a Queensland agency: the files, the rules, the notice
What a Queensland property management office holds, what the tenancy Act says about storing and destroying it, and when the federal breach scheme makes an agency notify.
Who regulates property technology in Queensland: a map of the watchdogs
No single body oversees property technology in Queensland. Nine state and federal regulators each hold a piece: here is what each one covers, and where the pieces meet.