About the February 2023 edition
The February 2023 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine covers caretaker obligations, insurance requirements, and emerging technology approvals in Queensland body corporate schemes. Key topics include caretaker gym equipment cleaning responsibilities, drone balcony audit legality, Starlink satellite dish installation approval, and flexi-hose damage prevention. The edition also addresses Workers Compensation insurance obligations, solar panel rebate accounting, body corporate manager apartment sale delays, caretaker agreement access issues, and strata record-keeping responsibilities.
- Should caretakers regularly clean the gym equipment? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Wait now, pay later – Lannock Strata Finance | Changing the landscape of consumer protection – Sedgwick
- Responsibility for repairs: Should we rely on what the body corporate says? – Michael Kleinschmidt, Stratum Legal
- Do we need Workers Compensation insurance? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Can the building manager use a drone to conduct balcony audits? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Body corporate manager's delay threatens apartment sale – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Liability for organising the towing of cars – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
- Who is responsible for maintaining skylights? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Body corporates and apartment owners urged to check flexi-hoses to avoid costly damage – SURE Insurance
- Accounting for our solar panel rebate – Rod Laws, TINWORTH & CO
- Can our strata manager refuse my request? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Changes to caretaker agreement causes building access issues – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- A year of change for strata in Queensland – Hynes Legal
- Approval for installation of a Starlink satellite dish – Michael Kleinschmidt, Stratum Legal
- In the Act, what does "not permit" mean? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Who holds the body corporate records? – Peter Hunt, Mathews Hunt Legal
- Professionalism - Not just a buzz word in 2023 – SCA (Qld)