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Welcome to our Wednesday Edition of Strata Life.
Have You Had Your Say Yet? 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! [+ You Could Win $1000! LAST DAYS!]
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NSW: Q&A Strata Title Trees and Hedges – What Can & Can’t the OC do?
Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
Our boundary hedge overlapped common property. With no consultation, 2 committee members arranged for it to be trimmed severely resulting in damage to the fence. How can this be right?
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QLD: Q&A Can Signatures on a Secret Ballot be Kept Secret?
Peter Hunt, Mathews Hunt Legal
Question: If the body corporate passes an ordinary resolution that a particular vote is to be by secret ballot, can the signatures to the request be kept secret and if so, how?
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NSW: Q&A When are My Special Levies Due?
Andrew Terrell,
Bright & Duggan
Question: I understand when my levies are due for payment. Does the 30 day required notice period apply to Special Levies?
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QLD: Building Management Statements – what are they?
Natalie Nordlof,
Archers the Strata Professionals
Does your building have retail or commercial lots below or mixed with the residential lots? Chances are your Body Corporate is part of a Building Management Statement (BMS). So, what is a BMS?
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Strata Managers: how do you handle a crisis?
Lia de Sousa,
Whitbread Insurance Brokers
As a Strata Manager, it is up to you to take the lead when a crisis event occurs. From consulting with the Owners Corporation and tenants to dealing with external agencies such as the fire brigade or civil engineers, a Strata Manager must govern the response to a crisis from start to finish, ensuring all key stakeholders have been included and looked after.
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NSW: Animals and hard surface floors in strata schemes: an update
Allison Benson,
Kerin Benson Lawyers
A by-law containing an outright prohibition is likely to be held to be harsh, unconscionable and oppressive and may be invalidated by the NCAT. Contemporary community standards need to be considered as does whether the by-law attempts to regulate behaviour regulates in the Act itself.
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Last Edition's Star Articles
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NSW: Changes to Laws Regulating Short Term Accomodation
Adrian Mueller, JS Mueller & Co
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QLD: Q&A Is our Strata Title By-laws About No Pets In The Foyer Lawful?
Todd Garsden, Hynes Legal
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NSW: Efficient & Effective Strata Management Solutions
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National: Have Your Say and WIN
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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.
Remember if you have already done the survey then you will not be able to undertake it again. LAST DAYS!
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QLD: The first cladding stop is approaching
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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! |
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