About the June 2025 edition
The June 2025 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine covers caretaker authority, fire safety audits, and committee governance in Queensland body corporate schemes. Key topics include caretaking agreement statutory reviews, the difference between maintenance checks and fire safety audits, strata committee negligence and water leak liability, and EV charging supply limitations in older apartment buildings. The edition also addresses disruptive owner impacts on committee formation, non-committee member participation in meetings, concrete cancer repair, and cost-plus builder agreement risks.
- Can an owner request copies of quotes approved by the committee? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Leading the way in strata funding – Lannock Strata Finance
- Are cost-plus agreements like giving the builder a blank cheque? – Bruce McKenzie, Sedgwick
- When is insurance cover excess considered unreasonable? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions
- Just because you can doesn't mean you should – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
- Overcoming limit of supply for EV charging in a 60s apartment block – Charlie Richardson, NOX Energy
- Initiating action quickly when faced with an urgent issue – Michael Kleinschmidt, Bugden Allen
- Statutory Reviews – A process for changing caretaking agreements – Ben Seccombe, Mahoneys
- How to repair concrete cancer – Sam Hogg, PASG Projects
- Someone's made an offer to buy my strata management business - what do I do? – Strata Business Brokers
- The extent of a caretaker's authority in body corporate matters – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Can we paint our front fire door? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Maintenance checks vs fire safety audits: What's the difference…and do I need both? – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters
- Strata committee negligence and liability for water leak damage – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys
- Resolving utility infrastructure access? – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal
- Non-committee member involvement in committee meeting discussions – Brendan Pitman, Grace Lawyers
- What if we cannot form a committee due to a disruptive owner making it too difficult for others to volunteer? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
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