The NSW Strata Magazine December 2025

About the December 2025 edition

The December 2025 edition of The NSW Strata Magazine covers a wide range of strata governance, financial, and legal topics relevant to owners, committees, and managers. Key themes include budget planning, levy debt recovery, conflict of interest rules for building managers, and committee decision-making rights around common property repair and replacement. The edition also addresses strata management business transactions, ethical culture assessment in hiring, and owner remedies when managers fail to act on AGM resolutions.

  • How to deal with roof repairs in a duplex when one owner won't cooperate – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
  • Leading the way in strata funding – Lannock Strata Finance
  • How can a small strata resolve parking disputes when one lot uses all the spaces? – Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
  • Does a deed poll allow an owner to commence renovations before the by-law is registered? – Tim Sara, Strata Choice
  • Encourage fair and balanced decision-making in strata committees – Hugh McCormack, McCormacks Strata Management
  • New conflict of interest rules for building managers – Julia Moroz, Bugden Allen
  • Ultimately, the owners corporation can decide to replace common property – Jana Antelmann, Strata Life
  • Strata budgets should reflect past expenses, expected increases and owner priorities – Matthew Faulkner, Matthew Faulkner Accountancy PTY LTD
  • Who pays when the owners corporation fixes a lot owner's property by mistake? – Matthew Lo, Kerin Benson Lawyers
  • Ongoing levy debts require separate tribunal recovery proceedings – Petra Lohmann, Bugden Allen
  • PASG Projects is strengthening our in-house capability with structural engineering services – PASG Projects
  • Should the strata committee repair or replace an unsafe external door to meet safety standards? – Sean Bermingham, The Strata Collective
  • How managers can assess a strata company's ethical culture during the interview? – Aaron Petrilli, Property Recruitment Partners
  • Someone's made an offer to buy my strata management business - what do I do? – Strata Business Brokers
  • What is the role of the public officer in a NSW strata plan? – Abe Ayoubi, Senior Strata Manager (NSW)
  • Can a committee member be asked to leave a committee meeting? – Mark Louis, Vital Strata Management
  • What can owners do if the strata manager fails to act on AGM resolutions? – Megan Parkins, Tender Advisory
Tyrone Shandiman
Strata Insurance Solutions
Leanne Habib headshot
Premium Strata
Tim Sara
Sara Strata
Hugh McCormack
McCormacks Strata Management
Julia Moroz
Bugden Allen
Jana Antelmann
Strata Life
Matthew Faulkner
Matthew Faulkner Accountancy
Matthew Lo
Kerin Strata Lawyers
Petra Lohmann
Bugden Allen
Sean Bermingham
The Strata Collective
Aaron Petrilli
Property Recruitment Partners
Abe Ayoubi
Senior Strata Manager (NSW)
Mark Louis
Vital Strata
Megan Parkins
Tender Advisory

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