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Latest Articles

NSW: Changes to Laws Regulating Short Term Accomodation

Adrian Mueller, JS Mueller & Co
In 2018 the NSW Government announced its intention to make changes to the laws regulating short term accommodation in NSW. The Government proposes to make three key changes to those laws. In this article we take a closer look at those changes.

QLD: Q&A Is our Strata Title By-laws About No Pets In The Foyer Lawful?

Todd Garsden, Hynes Legal
Question: One of our Strata Title By-Laws seems unreasonable. Although we are allowed pets, the pet must not be walked or carried through the foyer. The alternative route is not suitable for me due to health reasons.

NSW: Q&A Is a ByLaw needed for BBQs on Apartment Balconies

Leanne Habib, Premium Strata and Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
Question: Should we have a bylaw allowing residents to have a BBQ on their apartment balcony? If we have no bylaw and a BBQ becomes a fire hazard, will the Strata Committee Members be held liable?

ACT: Q&A New Strata Management Company Fees

Jan Browne,
Whittles Strata Partners

Question: Our new strata management company has claimed administration fees from the two months before they took over. Is this usual practice?

NSW: Some Common Property Just Reached Into My Pocket

Bannermans Lawyers
The NCAT Appeal Panel has recently found that NCAT has unlimited jurisdiction when it comes to making an owners corporation pay compensation to a lot owner for reasonably foreseeable loss arising from a failure to maintain common property.

NABERS for Apartment Buildings

Andrea Quintero, HFM Asset Management
A NABERS rating allows owners, strata managers, building managers and investors to benchmark the efficiency of a building regarding its use of energy and water for normal operations, against similar buildings across Australia.

Last Edition's Star Articles

NSW Case Study: Is your illegal parking notice just an empty threat?

Sophia Jiang, Omega Legal

WA Strata Titles Amendment Act 2018: duties of a council member and how to protect yourself from liability

Glenn Scott, Civic Legal

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National: Have Your Say and WIN

Would you like to win a $1000 prepaid visa? Then complete this short survey on behalf of Australian Apartment Advocacy so that they can lobby government and developers for better outcomes for those of us who choose to live and own apartments as our preference. The link for the survey is HERE and you have until 31 March to complete.

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QLD: The first cladding stop is approaching

An important reminder from Hynes Legal:

We don’t need to rehash what we have written previously about the state government’s cladding laws but you can read the article again if you want to. The date for all buildings that are caught by the cladding regulations to effectively opt out of the regime (if that is the case) is 29 March.

If you don’t opt out, your building is going to stage two, with the consequential costs, even if it is not caught. If you haven’t looked at the cladding issue, the time is nigh. LAST DAYS!