Can the body corporate place a motion on the AGM agenda to restrict owner access to a common property area?

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Can a body corporate committee change a defined common property area of land from being able to be accessed by lot owners to being not being able to be accessed?

When the motion is placed on the AGM agenda what is the number of votes required to pass the motion.

We have 80 lot owners however it is expected only 40 odd will lodge a vote and even less attend the AGM meeting.

Body corporate replaced the theatrette DVD player with a streaming device — what are our rights?

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We purchased our apartment about a year ago. We chose this building because it has a theatre. We are devotees of film and have a large collection of DVDs representing all genres and critically acclaimed works by international directors.

The theatrette contained a DVD player and this was the only player available.

Last week we found out our Body Corporate has removed the DVD payer and "upgraded" to a device that only has the capacity for streaming.

Can a committee convert a common property area to a restricted area and deny lot owner access?

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Can a committee, when drawing up new by-laws, change a common property area to a “restricted “ area preventing lot owner's access? Should this be decided as a motion vote without decent?

If the motion passes, does the committee have a right to restrict lot owner access to this area?

In our situation, this is to increase the caretaker's area to store ever-increasing piles of junk and his nursery. Besides carrying out work for our body corporate, the caretaker also contracts his services out to other landscaping businesses and uses this area for his storage.

Caretaker changed the lock on the common room and now controls access — how do we fix this?

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We are a block of 30 units with elderly owners. We have had the same caretaker the last 20 years and they have always been very controlling.

But now it is unbearable. Apart from being very rude and yelling at lot owners and not doing their duties, they have changed the lock to the common room without telling anyone so we cannot access that space anymore.

Building manager refuses to share entry keypad code with residents — is this allowed?

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We have access fobs and keys to out apartments. There is key pads at the entry doors and the carpark, however, residents are not provided with the access code and must use their fob. The code is provided to couriers etc.

If the fob is lost or stolen, we have to call a person to attend and provide access to the building at a cost of $150. I'm not sure if this service is available 24/7. Why are residents not able to have the code?

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