Adrian Mueller,
JS Mueller & Co Changes to the strata laws are being considered all over Australia. New Victorian strata laws are coming soon and bringing some of those laws into line with NSW strata laws.
Todd Garsden,
Hynes Legal Question: Can the body corporate pass an amendment or get something repaired with only three of the eight owners voting? What are the body corporate voting rules about this?
David Clark, Houspect WA WorkSafe investigated an incident where a painter used high pressure water cleaner on asbestos cement roof to prepare it for painting, resulting in properties being contaminated by asbestos.
Allison Benson,
Kerin Benson Lawyers What do you do if you want to do work (or have done work) but you can’t get approval from your owners corporation?
Alison Barrett and Jillian Barrett, news.com.au Every evening, without fail, residents of this apartment building in Sydney are awakened by the sounds of someone having a very good time.
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NAT: Impact to households who are living in apartments with flammable cladding
Are you an owner in a building affected by combustible cladding? RMIT would like to invite you to participate in the ‘‘At what cost? Cladding concerns for owners" research project. They are interested in learning more about scale of the problems owners of property affected by combustible cladding face day to day across Australia, particularly those living in apartments.
QLD: BCCM Regulations - Consultation on Draft Legislation
The community and stakeholders are invited to have their say on consultation drafts of new regulations to support the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997. Draft regulations, and information about the reforms included in the new regulations and how you can have your say can be found at the Department of Justice and Attorney-General community consultation website page.
Consultation for all draft regulations closes 18 October 2019.
QLD: Combustible Cladding Checklist Part 3
Identified building owners have until the 31 October to ensure that they have completed the first step in Part 3 of the three-part Safer Buildings Combustible Cladding Checklist. This involves engaging a fire engineer and registering their details on the combustible cladding checklist. You can find out more about the Safer Buildings Audit, including deadline extensions and important dates here.
