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NSW: Q&A Water Dripping Over Balcony From the Neighbour Above
Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
Question: How can I stop my upstairs neighbour from washing down their outdoor area, sometimes with bleach, causing water dripping over my balcony? This disturbs the use of my property. What rights do I have to make them stop?
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QLD: Q&A Privacy and Disclosure in Communications with the Committee
Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
Question: Can I make communications with the committee private by including words like ‘private and/or confidential and/or privileged’ in whatever I send?
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NSW: Q&A Apartment air conditioner installation & an air conditioning bylaw
Andrew Terrell, Bright & Duggan
Question: How do we go about apartment air conditioner installation? Do we need a lawyer to write an air conditioning by law?
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ACT: Q&A Notice of Decision for the Removal of a Tree on Common Property
Jan Browne, Whittles Strata Partners
Question: We have received a Notice of Decision, Tree Protection Act 2005 for the removal of a tree located on the common property of our unit title. Who is responsible for the cost?
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WA: Q&A Why Contribute to Common Property You Do Not Use?
Strata Community Association WA
Question: One lot owners wishes to create a by-law that exempts them from levies that are used to maintain our common driveway. Not all lot owners agree.
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QLD: Q&A Insurance Increases Due To (Safe) Cladding
Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
Question: Our insurance has doubled over the past 12 months. We have a green board cladding, which has been certified as safe, on our buildings. Is there some sort of lobby group tackling this?
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NSW: Advanced Levy Collection: Collecting the Uncollectable
Faiyaaz Shafiq, JS Mueller & Co
In NSW a court judgment obtained against a lot owner for outstanding levies, interest and costs can be enforced in several ways depending on the amount involved and what assets if any, the owner holds. One way of enforcing a judgment for at least $10,000 is by issuing a writ against the owner’s property. This is very rarely done and until recently this procedure had never resulted in payment of a court judgment for overdue levies.
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Home Insurance Calculators: Are they worth the risk?
David Leary, Leary & Partners
There is no shortage of sites advertising access to online home insurance calculators – but are they worth the risk? The risk is that you may end up with insufficient cover in the event of a fire or you may pay way more than you need to for the level of cover that you actually require.
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Last Edition's Star Article
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NSW: Q&A Is the front door common property or the responsibility of the lot owner?
Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
Question: Is the front door common property or the responsibility of the owner? Do lot owners need to seek permission to install deadlocks?
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Power back in the hands of strata owners and tenants with better business reforms
Minister for Better Regulation
Home owners and tenants living in strata schemes will no longer be locked into uncompetitive long term contracts for gas and electricity under the NSW Government’s Better Business Reforms. Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean said some strata schemes are currently bound to long-term utility contracts through up-front agreements made by developers. “These contracts are unfair for hard-working home owners and renters,” Mr Kean said.
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NSW: Proposed amendments for short-term rental accommodation
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Exhibition of proposed amendments for short-term rental accommodation
The NSW Department of Planning and Environment is calling for feedback on proposed amendments to planning rules in order to provide for short-term rental accommodation (STRA) in NSW.
Following growth in STRA, the NSW Government investigated policy options to regulate the industry in NSW in consultation with communities, councils and industry. As a result of these investigations, the Minister for Planning and the Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation announced a whole-of-government framework which includes:
- state-wide planning rules
- an industry-wide mandatory Code of Conduct
- changes to strata legislation
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Help to open doors to renting reform in Queensland by sharing your experiences as a tenant, property owner or property manager.
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This survey closes at 5PM AEST on Friday 30 November 2018.
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WA: Have Your Say on Entertainment Noise in the Northbridge Area
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WA Government is seeking input from the WA public about proposed reforms designed to preserve Northbridge’s vibrancy
The Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage, on behalf of the Western Australian Planning Commission, and the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation have prepared a joint discussion paper, Planning for Entertainment Noise in the Northbridge Area: Public Consultation Paper. This paper outlines proposed reforms that address the issue of entertainment noise impacts in the Northbridge mixed use entertainment precinct.
The reforms aim to achieve an effective balance between protecting the economic viability of entertainment activities and minimising the impact of entertainment noise from venues on existing and future noise sensitive development.
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