This article about pecuniary interest disclosures has been provided by Adrian Mueller, JS Mueller & Co Lawyers. Pecuniary Interest Disclosures – What are they and When are they Required? When does a strata committee member need to disclose a pecuniary interest they have concerning a decision to be made by the committee? The position is clear when a committee member has … [Read more...]
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QLD: Q&A Racism and Racist Comments from our Onsite Manager
This article about racist comments and racism has been supplied by Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal. Question: Our onsite manager makes racist comments during meetings of lot owners. I find this racism very inappropriate from a manager running a complex with many different nationalities. GET NOTIFIED WHEN WE PUBLISH NEW Q&AS, NEWS AND ARTICLES TO THE SITE Approximately 2 … [Read more...]
QLD: Q&A Freezing Levy Payments to Protest Bad Service
This article about freezing levy payments in protest of bad service has been supplied by Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal. Question: Can a group of lot owners freeze levy payments by paying their levies into a trust account until they receive better service from the resident manager and strata manager? GET NOTIFIED WHEN WE PUBLISH NEW Q&AS, NEWS AND ARTICLES TO THE SITE A … [Read more...]
NSW: Q&A Using Electronic Voting to Fast Track Committee Decisions
This article about using electronic voting to fast track committee decisions on improvements to common property has been supplied by Karina Heinz, Progressive Strata Services and Paul Chevrot, Stratabox. Question: Can our Chairperson instruct our difficult secretary to call for an electronic vote on a number of special resolutions as a way to fast track committee … [Read more...]
QLD: Q&A Can You Vote at Meetings if You Are Unfiancial?
This article about whether you can vote if you are unfinancial or in breach of an order has been provided by Gary Bugden OAM, Bugden Allen Lawyers. Question: We have an unfinancial chairman. What role can he play in a body corporate meeting until such time as he becomes financial again? Can he vote? GET NOTIFIED WHEN WE PUBLISH NEW Q&AS, NEWS AND ARTICLES TO THE … [Read more...]
VIC: Keeping Kids Safe With New Pool Safety Regulations
This Media Release from 29 November 2019 discussing New Pool Safety Regulations to keep Victorians safe has been provided by Minister for Planning Richard Wynne. The Andrews Labor Government has introduced new mandatory safety regulations for private pools and spas in a bid to reduce the incidence of drownings among young children. The majority of drowning deaths of … [Read more...]
NSW: Is it legal to record a strata committee meeting?
This article about recording strata meetings in NSW has been supplied by Sophia Jiang, Omega Legal. In NSW, the Surveillance Devices Act 2007 (Act) prohibits the recording of a “private conversation” without the consent of all parties in the conversation. What is a private conversation? A “private conversation” is defined in the Act as words spoken by one person to … [Read more...]
ACT: Q&A Does the Owners Corporation Usually Pay For Foxtel?
This question from an ACT lot owner about whether it is usual for an owners corporation to pay for Foxtel subscriptions has been answered by Jan Browne, Whittles Strata Partners. Question: What can an owners corporation raise funds for? Our budget currently includes Foxtel subscriptions which I don’t view as part of the maintenance requirements for the building. GET … [Read more...]
QLD: Can a General Meeting be Cancelled? [Important Adjudication Decision]
This article about a new QLD adjudicators decision about cancelling a general meeting has been provided by Peter Hunt, Mathews Hunt Legal. An adjudicator has just issued a decision which settles the issue of whether a validly called general meeting can be cancelled by a committee. The adjudicator held that the meeting can be cancelled provided that the committee was acting … [Read more...]
VIC: Q&A Who chairs the annual general meeting? Can we choose?
This Q&A about who chairs the AGM has been supplied by Jane Giacobbe, Strata Reports Victoria. Question: Who usually chairs the AGM? Does it always have to be the Owners Corporation Manager? Why can't we elect a Chair at the AGM each year? GET NOTIFIED WHEN WE PUBLISH NEW Q&As, NEWS AND ARTICLES TO THE SITE Answer: Each owners corporation is different. It really is … [Read more...]
