The QLD Strata Magazine December 2025

About the December 2025 edition

The December 2025 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine covers renovation approvals, meeting procedures, and fire safety data management in Queensland body corporate schemes. Key topics include the legal consequences of meeting procedure errors, delegation limitations in Queensland strata, fire control panel installation requirements, and compliance risks from third-party fire safety software. The edition also addresses levy debt recovery, strata management fee model evolution, committee commission disclosure for loans, and electronic meeting voting accessibility for elderly owners.

  • Practical solutions to a ban on balcony clotheslines – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
  • Leading the way in strata funding – Lannock Strata Finance
  • Insurance risk when one owner in a duplex neglects common property maintenance – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
  • Ongoing levy debts require separate tribunal recovery proceedings – Petra Lohmann, Bugden Allen
  • Setting reasonable compliance conditions for lot owner's renovation approvals – Jarad Maher, Grace Lawyers
  • Will all-inclusive strata management agreements replace fee-for-service models – Michael Teys, Michael Teys Strata Advisory
  • Meeting procedures carry hefty legal consequences – Frank Higginson, Redchip Strata Law
  • When electrical upgrades are needed for new installations, who pays? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
  • Is the AGM the only time approval for lot renovations can be granted? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
  • Can an owner install privacy panels around a common property pool? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
  • Requirements for installing a door over a fire control panel in our building's foyer – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters
  • Fire Safety Data: Is your compliance at risk from third-party software? – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters
  • How can elderly owners without email return voting papers for electronic meetings? – Grant Mifsud, Archers the Strata Professionals
  • Someone's made an offer to buy my strata management business - what do I do? – Strata Business Brokers
  • Should a committee member receive a commission for arranging a body corporate loan? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve and Liam Boudin, Mahoneys
  • Delegation is a dirty word in Queensland strata – Frank Higginson, Redchip Strata Law

December 2025 QLD Strata Magazine Authors

William Marquand
Tower Body Corporate
Tyrone Shandiman
Strata Insurance Solutions
Petra Lohmann
Bugden Allen
Jarad Maher
Grace Lawyers
Michael Teys
The Strata Professionals
Frank Higginson
Redchip Strata Law
Chris Irons
Strata Solve
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Fire Matters
Grant Mifsud
Archers the Strata Professionals
Liam Boudin
Mahoneys

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