@jacsplace Congratulations on your daughter getting a placement to study in Australia! Brisbane is a wonderful city and I’m confident she’ll have a wonderful time here. I’ve lived in Brisbane my whole life and it has a thriving student community.

Tenancy laws are tricky to navigate when you’re new to any new country. Without local rental history, securing favourable accomodation is a little more tricky to manage. Especially since we’re currently undergoing a major housing and rental crisis at the moment.

My advice would be to secure student accomodation for her first year here at a minimum. While this is more expensive, it’s a lot more secure. Definitely a higher likelihood of securing accomodation here vs the public rental market.

You have two options in terms of student accomodation. First, securing accomodation on campus (depending on which university she’s attending) that is run through seperate bodies owned by the University. That would be my first pick. Second, there are private student accomodation facilities.

Feel free to reach out if you have any more questions.