QLD: If a Body Corporate has never had an income, do they need to lodge a tax return every year to declare no income or would a single notice informing there will never be an income suffice?
WA Q: If an owner has an issue with the way the Strata Management company is dealing with a dispute, does the COO have to step in to try to resolve it when approached?
QLD Q: One of our Committee members who is both the Treasurer and Chairperson makes decisions to spend lot owner's money whenever she wants without approval. Can she do this?
NSW Q: A lot owner in our 5 lot NSW strata building is using the garage to store carpets for their business. What impact would this have on fire safety and strata insurance?
QLD: Is an individual apartment dishwasher covered under the body corporate's strata building insurance or do they fall under lot owner's contents insurance?
NAT: LookUpStrata and HFM Asset Management
Submit Your National NABERS Offer Questions
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
NSW Government and SCA (NSW) - 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
SCA (WA) - Calling all Strata Managers and lot owners!
SCA (WA) is asking for your help to spend a few minutes filling out our survey to let us know how we can make our educational events the best they can be:
Submissions close 2 Mar 2021
NSW Government - Help shape the future of strata laws in NSW
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
WA Apartment Advocacy - Awards for Council of Owners
The WAAA has launched a new awards programme which seeks nominations from Council of Owners. The awards which opened on 1 February and closes on 31 March is calling for nominations from Council of Owners to demonstrate best practice within Strata Companies. Good luck!
Enter due: 31 March. Awards Presentation Night: 21 May
