How squatters exploited loophole for free slice of paradise
It sounds like the plot from a movie, but two men are among a handful of Queenslanders who have successfully taken over someone elses land by simply moving in. It took 35 years, a legal battle spanning a decades, thousands of dollars in unpaid rates and a lot of gumption, but using a little-known "squatters rights" law, a Brisbane lawyer and his brother-in-law were able to get a free holiday home on Moreton Island. According to documents filed in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribu...
Source: gladstoneobserver.com.au