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Poll: Should old strata bylaws be automatically updated?

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Our recent poll asked - Should strata bylaws in excess of 10 years since inception be automatically repealed after a 10 year period?

NSW & ACT: By-Laws & Rules – What are they? Who do they bind? Can they be enforced?

Allison Benson,
Kerin Benson Lawyers
By-laws (called Rules in the ACT) are the rules that we must live by when we live in a strata or community title scheme.

Sinking / Reserve Fund Management for Strata & Commercial Buildings

Peter Greenham, Independent Inspections
This presentation explores the sinking fund management and its main components including the history of sinking funds and the requirements around Australia.

Apartment Living: How to Make Most out of a Spare Bedroom

Bettina Deda, Downsize With Style author

Secrets to design - find out how to make the best of your space in your spare bedroom, or in any of your apartments rooms. Make the most with what you have.

NSW Case of the week -
Toxic Mould

Paula Byrnes,
Metropolitan Strata Reports

Toxic mould in a rented apartment - who is liable for the issue? The owners corporation, the landlord or the tenant? And how bad can mould really be?

Online purchasing allowing Asbestos to enter Australia

Deborah Sullivan,
QIA Group
The ACTU is calling for tougher laws to prevent employers and others from sourcing asbestos containing products from the internet.

Mixed Media

Dr Hazel Easthope on Strata Title Developments

UNSW
Dr Hazel Easthope talks about her research in this area and how you can get involved. The project is investigating the broader implications of the lived experiences of apartment residents and owners for the social sustainability of cities.

The most read article from our last newsletter?

NSW: Reno Rumble at the Block – What You Don't See on TV

Allison Benson,
Kerin Benson Lawyers
Renovating strata unit NSW: Mesmerised by the hype of block buster TV reno shows which quickly transforming a house or unit? It's not as easy as they make it seem!

AUGUST 15:
NSW: Owners Corporation Network General Meeting

AUGUST 18:
SCA (WA): Lot Owners Forum

AUGUST 19:
SCA (WA): Bullying, Stress and Dealing with the Angry Client
QLD: Management Rights Australia Seminar (Upper Mount Gravatt)

AUGUST 20:
SCA (QLD):The Speed Letting Stoush (Cairns)
SCA (QLD): 360 of the Commissioner’s Office (Cairns)

AUGUST 21:
Kelly+Partners (NSW): Strata in Conversation (Sydney)
SCA (QLD): The Speed Letting Stoush (Townsville)
SCA (VIC): Symposium 2015
SCA (QLD): 360 of the Commissioner's Office (Townsville)

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Loophole could let pets off the leash Jimmy Thomson, Flat Chat

Flood of houses and apartments for sale worries experts Duncan Hughes, Financial Review

Working group to clampdown on dodgy imported building goods Michael Crawford, Property Observer

NSW: Planning circular: External walls and cladding NSW Planning & Environment

NSW Fair Trading continues to target strata managers who misappropriate trust account funds Your Property Investor

QLD: A step behind the strata reforms... Simon Barnard, Accomnews

Aaaaah, Schoolies! It's almost that time of year again... Chris Irons, BCCM via Accomnews

VIC: Developer building Australia's first high-rise dog park Jennifer Duke, Domain

Apartment standards: is policy being made in a vacuum? Alan Davis, Crikey

Scrap developers for cheaper, better apartments, say researchers Benjamin Preiss, The Age

NT: NT Govt Lifts 90-metre Height Restriction for Darwin Buildings Sourceable

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