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NSW: Building better strata communities: what best practice really looks like in 2025

Strata living is evolving fast, and committees can no longer afford to take a reactive approach to building management. Tighter compliance requirements, changing legislation, and rising owner expectations mean that proactive, best practice management has become essential to maintaining both the value and harmony of strata communities.

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Question: Can a caretaker and their associates vote on a motion to change or extend their own caretaking agreement?
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ACT: Q&A Is the executive committee required to share a building defects report with all owners?

Question: Is the executive committee required to share a building defects report with all owners?
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VIC: Q&A Altering the common area such as letterboxes may require a special resolution

Question: What is the process for altering a common area, such as replacing letterboxes? What resolutions are required?
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WA: Q&A Can a strata company charge owners for gutter cleaning when the gutters are lot property?

Question: Our gutters are lot property. Can the strata company charge owners for gutter cleaning if they do not consent to the service?
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QLD: Q&A How minority owners can respond when the sinking fund is ignored

Question: What can we do if the majority owners refuse to fund or implement the required 10-year sinking fund plan?
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QLD: Exclusive use allocation requires no opposition

Community Titles Schemes consist of lots and common property. Exclusive use of part of the common property can attach to a lot.
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NSW: Levy Collection Practice is Changing – Are You Ready?

The new strata laws commencing on 27 October 2025 introduce substantial changes to levy collection practice and procedure. It is important that strata managers familiarise themselves with these changes to help ensure they follow the correct procedure to recover overdue levies.
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QLD: Complex schemes and building management statements – what you need to know

Last week’s LookUpStrata webinar unpacked the often misunderstood world of Building Management Statements (BMS) — complex legal documents that govern shared facilities and responsibilities in mixed-use and layered developments.

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