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I would go to the Local Court and lodge a Letter of Demand.for the deposit. I'm not sure about legal procedures in ACT but you can definitely lodge a Letter of Demand in NSW. Maybe check with your Local Court.

The State bodies wont get involved as this is a personal issue at present . Just go to small claims or the relevant body in your state . If you paid a deposit you should have the contract listing the deposit guidelines & the what ifs . If you have in messenger the aspect of refunding copy that . If they have a website that outlines the process copy that . Also read up what the deposit law is in your State & when the item has not become available in the appropriate time . We never took deposits although some breeders do as its like a form of income ,have 1o deposits of $500 you have a nice income happening . It also blows my mind that people hand over money like this on something thats not even born,vet checked or even appropriate for there home without a question

https://www.9news.com.au/national/peto-introduces-nationwide-ban-across-all-of-its-stores-on-sale-of-live-animals/57160bf2-2ba8-46fb-a046-5c7acb33f105

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-05/pets-no-longer-to-be-considered-property-in-family-law-disputes/105352874

https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-post-arms-posties-with-citronella-spray-to-combat-dog-attacks/dc90985b-2271-4811-9a7f-8a4d0f5c3c0e

Indeed!! A tad misleading .....

Not forgetting all the attacks that are never reported because people don't want to deal with councils.

This is what happens when proper research into exactly what they want the database to do is not done before declaring they are building one. There are other state registries (databases) that are functioning "reasonably" well in this sector, so why couldn't they look at modelling based on one of those? It's not actually rocket science, but there are some small intricacies that need sorting out before attempting to build such a database from scratch. Quite frankly, I think that a national registry/database is needed rather than different states all doing different things in this sphere - and none of them talk to each other. T.

This is reported as coming from Randwick council. The actual figures, which took me 5 minutes to find and fact check, are... 65 attacks reported for the whole year of 2024 in Randwick LGA - and 5091 for ALL reported attacks in the whole state of NSW for the year 2024. The stats are published by quarter on the OLG website for anyone to find btw. So, 65 attacks (also broken down into attacks on humans or other animals) recorded in an LGA with 26,254 dogs microchipped as living in that LGA, doesn't seem like a massive statistic to use to claim that there seems to be a chronic issue, does it? Maybe the fact that the current fines don't actually cover the man hours spent chasing up the reports of attacks might be more to the point? The other fact that most LGA's haven't got the staff to functionally enforce the laws couldn't be an issue either, could it? Interestingly, the Randwick stats actually show a decline over the 2024 year for the number of reports made. Jan-March was 19, Apr-Jun was 18, Jul-Sep was 17, and Oct-Dec was 11... which doesn't really gel with what the article is inferring, right? As for the total NSW attack figure of 5091, when you break it down as a proportion of the total number of microchipped dogs (and this doesn't factor the numbers of non-microchipped dogs) in the state which is 3,094,312 (as at Dec 2024) - the numbers, while not great, are still a very small percentage, yes? Just remember, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics... all of which seem to be apparent in this article. Check the stats for yourself here... https://olg.nsw.gov.au/public/dogs-cats/responsible-pet-ownership/pound-and-dog-attack-statistics/ T.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-councils-pushing-for-harsher-penalties-after-decline-in-pet-etiquette/f036d0e3-c494-4853-b88a-1798dd69c796

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-04/cook-government-cancels-pet-portal-puppy-farming/105372560

What good news . Lucky Ted!! Bet he was glad to be home and fed !!Penny did a good job, keeping him company and barking

They are the kinds of lost dog stories you want to read!

what a waggy tail!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-03/missing-dog-rescued-mine-shaft-trentham-firefighters-labrador/105369714

Good ! About time

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-01/social-housing-tenants-thrive-with-pets-in-rentals-vic-law/105162094

https://www.9news.com.au/national/kate-could-have-lost-her-dogs-in-her-separation-now-a-new-law-is-recognising-pet-custody/d6d516d8-de30-4b46-a056-5915b5d1e501

yes- we had one when I was a teenager - fantastic dog ....

Exactly the same thing happened to me last year, I was told my puppy would be dropped off at an undisclosed pound if i didn't pay extra money. I also have emails to confirm that. Also, the puppy was non existent. I checked the ABN that was listed and it was a dog rehoming business, when I called them they advised that they had had a number of inquiries and that someone was using their ABN. Reported to police, bank etc, but never received anything back. The business I thought I was buying my pup through was called Caboodle and poodle Rehoming.

And animal activist groups trying to get artificial insemination banned, further eroding the gene pool. Backyard breeders and designer mutts are a problem too.

Sad to see OES on the list. The first ever dog of my own choosing was an Old English and she was a cracker of a dog. So many amazing breeds on the list that we might eventually lose out here because of a lack of interest.

Thank you - that was interesting, and sad

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-05-30/dog-breeds-skye-terrier-extinction-bulldog-turnspit-kuri/105322858

You are happy that keisha died and that Ricey is bereft???????????