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The QLD Strata Magazine | May 2023

  • New laws pose serious questions about rights 
  • Solar panels - reducing common property area electricity costs 
  • Is the body corporate a PCBU? 
  • Do we need an insurance broker?
  • Which account does the GST refund go into? 
  • Non responsive strata manager? What’s their lot load? 
  • Recovering cost of a flooded car after heavy rain 
  • Hackathon, reform and the importance of consultation 
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Recording NSW: Bylaw breaches – The step-by-step guide to enforcement | May 2023

Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
QLD: Q&A Appointing a Body Corporate Manager

QLD Q: Can a 7-person committee for a 30 lot strata complex appoint a new strata manager without consulting owners?

William Marquand,
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WA: Q&A What are the Strata Manager's Duties and Do We Really Need One?

WA Q: In WA, can a strata manager sub-contract out scheme functions to another strata management company, or not?

Shane White,
Strata Title Consult
ACT: Q&A I Can't Turn Off My Water. Who Repairs the Stop cock?

ACT Q: Our building only has 3 shut off values for all 24 units. Owners are unable to turn off the water. Who is responsible if a burst pipe damages a lot while the owners are away.

Jan Browne, Bridge Strata
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NSW: Q&A Strata Title Trees and Hedges - What Can & Can't the OC do?

NSW Q: What vote is required for removal of trees that are not on common property but part of a lot? Does this require a special resolution of 75% of owners? Is the owner of the lot who is receiving this financial benefit entitled to vote on the issue?

Matthew Jenkins, Bannermans Lawyers
QLD: Q&A AGMs, Motions in Strata and the Obligation to Act

QLD Q: If a committee had no AGM the previous year but continued to act as a committee, is this unlawful? Could I raise this in conciliation?

Chris Irons,
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QLD: Q&A Management Rights - Caretaking and Letting Agreement + Extensions

QLD Q: Our building manager is about to sell the management rights. Are we entitled to know how much they are selling the management rights for and how much they paid for them two years ago?

Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal

NSW: Councils Call for Strict Caps on Short-Term Letting

Adrian Mueller, JS Mueller & Co Lawyers
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Top Articles from Last Edition

Recording QLD: Administrator Appointments in Strata – Restoring the ‘Function’ From Dysfunction | May 2023

Chris Irons, Strata Solve
NSW: Q&A Unit owner requirement to maintain lot property

NSW Q: A developer owns a lot in our building. It has stood vacant for years and needs maintenance. The developer will not respond to emails. What do we do?

Leanne Habib,
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