About the June 2026 edition
This June 2026 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine focuses on body corporate governance, covering committee member appointments, defamation at meetings, and losing a committee seat for missing meetings. It also examines financial and legal matters including special levies, levy recovery, unfinancial owner disputes, and renovation notification obligations, alongside safety-critical topics such as fire safety liability, smoke alarm compliance, concrete cancer, lift component lifespans, WHS trip hazards, and utility infrastructure maintenance. With contributions from Queensland strata lawyers, insurers, and industry consultants, this edition equips body corporates and committees with practical guidance for common compliance and risk challenges.
- Can a committee member be appointed to inspect common property? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
- Do Queenslanders really prefer special levies… or are they just easier to pass? – Jason Triplett & Richard Claus, Lannock Strata Finance
- Do owners have to notify the body corporate after renovations? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions and Jarad Maher, Grace Lawyers
- How should small strata schemes manage trip hazards identified in a WHS report? – Craig Welsh, QIA Group
- How does a committee deal with a member who makes defamatory comments at a meeting? – Brendan Pitman, Grace Lawyers
- Levy recovery is possible without the legal blowtorch – Frank Higginson, Redchip Strata Law
- Was I unfinancial after a levy payment error? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
- Responsibility for utility infrastructure maintenance – Todd Garsden and Holly Oddo, Mahoneys
- Which lift components need regular replacement and which reach end-of-life? – Andrew Batynski, ABN Lift Consultants
- What action should the OC take if an occupier disables their smoke alarm? – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters
- Who is liable for fire safety? Body corporates or the body corporate manager? – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters
- Should all units be checked after concrete cancer is found in one block – Bruce McKenzie, Sedgwick
- Can a committee member lose their seat for missing meetings? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve
