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The QLD Strata Magazine | August 2023

• Building Innovation – technology helping owners better manage their buildings 
• Demand management control and EV charging 
• Voting requirements for a new parking by-law 
• Can the committee share owner’s details without permission? 
• Can we ask caretakers to garden during the day instead of late afternoon? 
• Instant answers and the productivity paradox 
Read the latest edition HERE
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Latest Articles From LookUpStrata

Recording: Are you still living in a 20th Century Building? The future awaits. – August 2023

Jake Sharp,
MiMOR

QLD Q: A motion for no online meetings was defeated. If the committee is determined to stop electronic meetings, can they ignore the AGM outcome and carry out the defeated motion?

William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate

WA Q: If a person holds a proxy and casts a vote on an issue, is their proxy vote automatically cast, or do they have to state they are also casting a proxy vote?

Marietta Metzger,
magixstrata

NSW Q: As owners are not allowed to speak at committee meetings unless given permission, are there any exceptions to this? Can the committee resolve at the meeting to permit a person to speak?

Leanne Habib, Premium Strata

QLD Q: Can a Council compulsorily acquire an area of common property?

Alanna Hill,
Mathews Hunt Legal

NAT VIDEO: Trouble in strata apartment paradise? After the purchase process

Michael Ferrier,
Eyeon Property Inspections

QLD Q: Our body corporate would like to conduct a time and motion study on the caretaker. As they are within the contract term and the agreement does not specify hours worked, is the caretaker bound to contribute to the investigation or any findings?

Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal

NSW: The impact of inflation, increasing costs and the DBPA on strata in NSW

Debbie Barker, Strata Loans

Recording: Can AI like ChatGPT help Strata Managers? – August 2023

Damien Healy, tech development & Will Marquand, Tower Body Corporate

QLD Q: If we put available funds into a no-interest bank account, thus having no assessable income, do we need to lodge an annual Tax Return?

Rod Laws,
TINWORTH & CO
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