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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.

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Latest Articles

NSW Reforms

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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Tendering

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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Commissioner's office qld

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 smoking

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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Perth affordability

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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storage cages

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

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 dev

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 pools

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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'security cameras'

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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Building defects nsw

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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News of the Week

WA Reforms

Clearer and easier ways to resolve strata disputes

 
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


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NSW: Reform of strata laws

 

NSW Fair Trading

Fair Trading has now released the draft Strata Schemes Management Regulation 2016 and LPI has released the draft Strata Schemes Development Regulation 2016. These Regulations set out the detail for how the laws will operate.

To thoroughly consider the Regulations and questions about how they will work, refer also to the following documents:

This consultation closes on 27 May 2016. Please comment on any improvements needed to help the Regulations operate effectively. To find out how, refer to this Have your say section. 

More Information
May 12: 
SCA (QLD): Standard V Part 5 Agreements (Gold Coast)

SCA (QLD): Compliance (Gold Coast)
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Most read article from our last newsletter

strata reforms

NSW: LookUpStrataReforms

Clare Dominello, Benjamin & Khoury
The introduction to our special series on the proposed new Strata Laws NSW. Over the next few weeks we will be tackling each area in detail.

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Apartment Market "One Of The Danger Points" For Aussie Economy Your Investment Property

The herd driven housing bubble that could trigger an apartment bust The Conversation


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New flammable cladding threat for Melbourne apartments The Age

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Record number of rental vacancies in Perth leads to price drop ABC News

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