About the June 2026 edition
This edition tackles insurance, governance, and legal issues shaping strata in NSW.
Insurance & Risk
Short-term letting impacts, concrete cancer, and termite damage in strata schemes.
Governance
EGMs, committee spending, and reporting obligations to owners.
Legal & Financial
Payment plan voting rights, developer buyout approaches, NCAT claims against managing agents, and rising levies.
Also in this edition
Disability access, lift component lifespans, and strata management recruitment trends drawn from the 2026 Macquarie Strata Benchmarking Report.
- What effect does short term letting have on our strata insurance policy? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- The silent majority – Lannock Strata Finance
- Should all units be checked after concrete cancer is found in one block – Bruce McKenzie, Sedgwick
- If an owner is on a payment plan, can they vote? – Leanne Habib, Premium Strata
- How can businesses better support and retain new strata managers – Aaron Petrilli, Property Recruitment Partners
- Can a strata manager refuse to hold a hybrid EGM, or is this the committee's decision? – Tim Sara, Sara Strata
- Do we need to formally decline a developer's approach to buy our strata scheme? – Matthew Lo, Kerin Strata Lawyers
- A recruiter's observation from the 2026 Macquarie Strata Benchmarking Report – Aaron Petrilli, Property Recruitment Partners
- Who can I ask about why my strata levies have increased – Megan Parkins, Tender Advisory
- Who pays for termite treatment after finding termites in a strata lot? – Sean Bermingham, The Strata Collective
- Can a disabled owner use the visitor disabled car space? – Allison Benson, Benson Legal
- Can a strata committee spend levies on maintenance outside common property – Abe Ayoubi, Senior Strata Manager (NSW)
- Can you claim damages against a strata managing agent through NCAT – Warwick van Ede, JS Mueller & Co Lawyers
- Which lift components need regular replacement and which reach end-of-life? – Andrew Batynski, ABN Lift Consultants
- Should a strata committee report to owners even when nothing is going wrong? – Hugh McCormack, McCormacks Strata Management
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