About the July 2023 edition
The July 2023 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine covers insurance affordability, lithium-ion battery risks, and body corporate governance in Queensland schemes. Key topics include enormous insurance premiums and excess for Far North Queensland small schemes, lithium-ion battery charging bans in apartments, car parking system approvals and lottery by-law compliance, and caretaker owner roll maintenance obligations. The edition also addresses Form 10 notice purpose, lot and common property boundary determination, volunteer reimbursement tax requirements, and the housing crisis impact on strata communities.
- What's the point of issuing a Form 10 notice? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Where is the boundary point between the lot and the common property? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Do volunteers need to provide a tax file number and ABN to get reimbursed? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate & Rod Laws, TINWORTH & CO
- Renter's right to feel safe – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Maintaining Common Property – What needs to be done? – QIA
- Why does our strata manager want to add a gallery vie variation to their contract? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Does a car parking lottery system breach the by-laws? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Enormous premiums and $100k excess for small strata schemes in FNQ – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Can the caretaker refuse to maintain the owner roll? – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
- Banning the charging of lithium-ion batteries in apartments – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Are committee members compelled to 'police' bylaw breaches? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Approval required for introducing a new parking system – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Deadlocks and fire doors – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters
- Are all debts to the body corporate treated as unpaid levies? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Has your car park been allocated to someone else? – Peter Hunt, Mathews Hunt Legal
- Housing crisis – not just material – Strata Community Association (Qld)
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