The QLD Strata Magazine September 2024

About the September 2024 edition

The September 2024 edition of The QLD Strata Magazine covers fire safety liability, committee authority, and owner privacy rights in Queensland body corporate schemes. Key topics include fire safety responsibility between bodies corporate and their managers, committee DA submission authority without owner consent, occupation authority insurance responsibilities, and owner redress when entry is denied or meeting recording is banned. The edition also addresses smoking liability on common property, patio approval complexities, privacy disputes, and 10-year capital planning for new committees.

  • Are levy recovery letter charges reasonable? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate 
  • The cost of not acting – Lannock Strata Finance 
  • Who is responsible for insurance within the area under an occupation authority? – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions 
  • Can the committee recommend owners vote no to a motion? – Todd Garsden, Mahoneys and William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate 
  • Is the committee authorised to submit a DA without owner consent? – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal 
  • New committee, new goals - what about the 10 year plan? – QIA Group 
  • Owner challenges body corporate's authority in privacy dispute – Liam Boudin, Mahoneys 
  • Is the Multiplier just based on the management fees? – Strata Business Brokers 
  • If residents lose their keys, are they responsible for rekeying the building? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve 
  • Denied entry and meeting recording banned: Options for owner redress – Frank Higginson, Hynes Legal 
  • Can the body corporate cancel our ABN and not do any further tax returns? – Rod Laws, TINWORTH & CO 
  • Who is liable for fire safety? Body corporates or the body corporate manager? – Stefan Bauer, Fire Matters 
  • What can you do about a neighbour's light causing a nuisance? – William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate 
  • Can the committee accept two nominations from the same lot? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve 
  • A patio pandora's box of issues – Michael Kleinschmidt, Bugden Allen Graham Lawyers 
  • Would a body corporate be liable if they allow smoking on common property? – Chris Irons, Strata Solve

September 2024 QLD Strata Magazine Authors

William Marquand
Tower Body Corporate
Tyrone Shandiman
Strata Insurance Solutions
Frank Higginson
Redchip Strata Law
Liam Boudin
Mahoneys
Chris Irons
Strata Solve
Rod Laws
Tinworth & Co
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Fire Matters

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