QLD: Strata Reform in QLD Building Up a Head of Steam For 2021
With new body corporate regulations in Qld commencing in March, 2021 is shaping up as a big year for the 1.1 million Queenslanders affected by the strata reforms. James Nickless, SCA (Qld)
QLD Q: Can our body corporate allow elderly people over 75 yrs of age, or people with small children who are visitors to park in the disabled car park if the visitor parking is full?
Will Marquand, Tower Body Corporate & Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
WA: Using your strata’s energy usage to fund your 10-year maintenance plan
The modernised WA strata reform has led to more clear and fair rules for Western Australians who own, occupy or are interested in purchasing strata-titled properties. Energy-Tec
NSW: Owners Corporation and Discrimination Legislation
A recent decision raises the prospect that owners corporations may face increasing burdens to manage common property with the needs of disabled persons in mind. Warwick van Ede,
JS Mueller & Co Lawyers
QLD Q: A lot owner has placed semi-permanent sheds over some visitor car parks. To resolve, can the body corporate put a lease in place while still not conducting a business? Aren’t they conflicts?
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The City has undertaken to provide a commercial Container Deposit Scheme (Containers for Change) service to those commercial and residential premises in Perth CBD who would like to be involved. The scheme facilitates greater recycling, reduced overall waste costs and provides work for social enterprise groups. There is currently no charge for this service under our trial, and we will provide you with 240L specific bins on a weekly or on demand collection basis.
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LookUpStrata will be conducting a Q&A video session about the National fee free NABERS ratings offer in an upcoming video with Alex Sejournee, HFM Asset Management. We invite our national audience to submit questions about the NABERS fee free Offer and we will address as many as possible during the video. This video, packed full of NABERS answers to your questions, will be launched in the March edition of The WA Strata Magazine and shared to our national audience in the following Newsletter, towards the end of March.
Read more about it here: NAT: Why Residential Buildings Should Take Advantage of Fee-Free NABERS?
Submissions close 28 February 2021
More than one million people in NSW are being invited to have their say on how laws can be changed to improve the experience of the growing number of people living and working in strata communities.
Read more about it here: Help shape the future of strata laws
Submissions close 7 March 2021
Improving consumer confidence in residential strata buildings
The NSW Government are working with SCA (NSW) to collect information from NSW Strata Managers about Class 2 residential buildings to understand the scale & nature of major defects.
This is part of a strategy to increase consumer confidence & reduce the burden defects have on Strata Managers & occupants of apartments in NSW.
Submissions close 28 February 2021
Management Rights in QLD: Owners & Occupiers Review
The voices of commercial interests in strata buildings often drown out the voices of owners and occupiers. Prior to the recent state election, a UOAQ newsletter published a letter from the Deputy Premier Steven Miles that invited the UOAQ Committee to contribute to a legislation review regarding management rights in our buildings. We are seeking to present the views of owners and occupiers via the results of an online survey that reviews various aspects of the management of our buildings. We would appreciate your feedback. Please complete the survey using the following link.
The State Government is seeking feedback on a proposed draft Medium Density Code. This Code will form part of SPP 7.3 Residential Design Codes Volume 1 (R-Codes), to encourage greater diversity of well-designed housing to meet the changing needs and expectations of our community.
Submissions close 16 Apr 2021
