All Strata Committee Concerns Articles

National

• City Living: Urban consolidation and the social sustainability of cities
  UNSW

  The project is investigating the broader implications of the lived experiences of apartment residents and owners for the social sustainability of cities. The project aims to raise awareness of the unique challenges of apartment ownership and apartment living and provide proposals to support better outcomes for apartment residents, strata committiees and for the broader community. Access multiple case studies, including the Social Case Study.

• Free Online Executive Committee Training.
  Strata Community Association (NSW)
  Even though the strata committee training content is based on NSW legislation, Strata Community Association believes that most of the information is applicable for strata across Australia.

New South Wales

• Executive Committees and How They Should Function
  Owners Corporation Network, with funding from the NSW Fair Trading, has produced some guides for the information of strata owners in NSW.
• Responsibilities of The Owners Corporation
  NSW Fair Trading
  The owners corporation is the body made up of all the owners in the strata scheme.

Victoria

• Owners corporation meetings and strata committees
  Consumer Affairs Victoria
  A selection of resources to assist people with strata meetings and committees.

Australian Capital Territory

• Factsheet: The executive committee
  The executive committee exercises the functions of the owners corporation and is responsible for its day-to-day operation. It has a number of obligations under the law.
• Factsheet: Meetings – voting requirements and proxies
  The important decisions of owners corporations are made at general meetings in the form of resolutions. An annual general meeting (AGM) must be held once every year.

Tasmania

• Does a lot owner have to apply to become a member of the body corporate? Who must be notified when a meeting of the body corporate is to be held? What is a quorum for a body corporate meeting?
  Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment: Land, Property and Titles

Western Australia

• Guide to Strata Title
  This publication contains a FAQ section (page 25) for strata owners and residents containing answers to common questions including:
  • Does our strata company have to be registered at the Australian Securities Commission?
  • Do the accounts of our strata company have to be audited?
  • Can the strata company fine a lot owner if that lot owner breaches a by-law?