 Strata News & Information
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Welcome to this edition of Your Strata News.
Editors picks not be missed this week:
WA Landgate explores their next topic in the Strata Reforms: Clearer and easier ways to resolve strata disputes. Find out more in our latest news section below.
Article: Smoking is strata continues to be our most read about subject on the LookUpStrata site. This week, Allison Benson, Kerin Benson Lawyers tackles another strata smoking question - are new no smoking bylaws retrospective? Find out what Allison has to say.
Don't Forget to BOOK NOW - Event: Women In Strata have their very first event coming up on the 18th May. It looks like it will be a fantastic evening! Contact Amanda Farmer for more information or see our Events post below.
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NSW: LookUpStrataReform Part 1 + NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation - work on DAC (Government’s Data Analytics Centre)
Clare Dominello, Benjamin & Khoury
LookUpStrataReforms - Modern & Flexible Schemes
+ How the NSW Government is using DAC to locate 'slumlords'.
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NSW: Why Communities Should Consider Tendering Strata Management Contracts - Podcast
Amanda Farmer, Your Strata Property
With Helen Wells, Acumen Strata: Enormous legislative change that is about to affect strata management. How can tendering help?
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QLD: Undertakings to the Commissioner’s Office
Hynes Legal
We have been involved in several matters recently which indicate a changing of the standard process inside the Commissioner’s Office. When you get THE call, how will you react?
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NSW: Q&A Are No Smoking Strata ByLaws Retrospective?
Allison Benson, Kerin Benson Lawyers
Question: Can new no smoking strata bylaws be applied to long term residents? And will the new strata changes have any impact on these new bylaws?
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All Eyes on Perth as it Leads Australia for Housing Affordability, Population Growth, Rental Yield
Stephen Raff, Ace Body Corporate Management
In the wake of the “jobs and growth” fest that was the Federal Budget, the future of Western Australia’s fastest growing property sector looks on track to achieve exactly that.
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Strata Insurance doesn’t cover items in your storage cage…
Whitbread Insurance Brokers
Make sure all contents kept in your storage cage are covered. Below we have clarified some common myths to help ensure you have the right insurance protection for your valuables.
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QLD: Duty of Care needed for new schemes
Simon Barnard, SCA (QLD)
People buy new strata properties for the convenience, the investment return but also because they expect a lower maintenance requirement for a while. Due to legislation being very prescriptive in relation to environmental considerations, energy ratings, health, fire and safety measures, purchasers do have an expectation that the new pad is a modern, safe environment to live in. Hence it is worrying for our sector to see the reported lack of duty of care in recent years.
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WA: Strata developments bucking the trend of sluggish property market
Landgate
New figures from Landgate show the number of property transactions in Western Australia continued a downward trend last month. Despite this, there was positive news.
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NSW: Swimming Pool Changes - Are You Selling, Buying or Leasing? Beware the Hype!
David Bannerman & Samantha Saw, Bannermans Lawyers
Subject to any future amending legislation, owners in strata and community schemes with a swimming pool who intend to sell or lease their property should approach any agreement with caution, noting the potential for a purchaser or tenant to rescind a contract or lease based on omissions from the current legislation.
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Unauthorised use of security cameras or paranoid activity
Peter Greenham, Independent Inspections
We received a complaint from a concerned lot owner, distraught about a neighbouring lot owner having apparently installed a security camera pointing directly at their balcony.
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 University not liable for garden-path fall
Deborah Sullivan, QIA Group
A major employer was not required to prevent pedestrians from using an onsite garden path whose moderate hazards were obvious to anyone who accessed it, the Victorian Supreme Court has found in an indemnity dispute.
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NSW: The Impact of section 48MA of the Home Building Act 1989
Pierrette Khoury, Turnbull Bowles Lawyers
Section 48MA of the Home Building Act 1989 has been introduced and applies to all proceedings filed after 15 January 2015. This provision provides that rectification of defective work is the preferred outcome in proceedings.
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Landgate
The current dispute resolution provisions has resulted in a dispute resolution framework that is in effective and inefficient. Strata disputes will only increase as strata schemes become more common in Western Australia.
Channelling strata disputes into the State Administrative Tribunal will provide all strata stakeholders with access to a cost-effective strata dispute resolution forum, which has the specialist strata expertise and statutory power to efficiently resolve strata disputes.
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May 18: 6pm - 9pm
Join Women in Strata for their very first event.
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Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
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We welcome Building Rectification Services to
THE Strata Directory!
Looking after maintenance and repair of your building in Queensland.
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