The VIC Strata Magazine September 2024

About the September 2024 edition

The September 2024 edition of The VIC Strata Magazine delivers comprehensive coverage of strata governance, insurance, legal rights, and financial planning for Victorian owners corporations. Articles address committee elections, VCAT administrator appointments, developer lot control, and AGM agenda obligations, alongside insurance topics including the impact of rectification works on premiums, levy obligations when self-insuring, and GST exclusions in cash settlements. The edition also covers long-term planning considerations, embedded network exit strategies, façade change approvals, and the value of selecting an SCA member strata manager through a structured tender process.

  • The cost of not acting – Lannock Strata Finance
  • Choosing a Strata Manager: The power of a well-structured tender process – Strata Management Consultants 
  • The impact of rectification works on your strata insurance premium – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions 
  • Can a lot owner request VCAT replace the committee with an administrator? – Phillip Leaman, Tisher Liner FC Law 
  • New committee, new goals - what about the 10 year plan? – QIA Group 
  • Can an owner stop paying levies if they take out their own insurance? – Rawand Kaka, MBCM Strata Specialists 
  • Who is liable if a tree on my lot damaged the common property stormwater pipe? – Joel Chamberlain, Horizon Strata Management Group 
  • The OC Act: Committees - a recap on the legal technicalities associated with committee elections and membership – Phillip Leaman, Tisher Liner FC Law 
  • What to do when the developer holds more than half the lots – Callum Wilson, The Strata Shepherd 
  • Is the Multiplier just based on the management fees? – Strata Business Brokers 
  • Does your owners corporation manager place owner motion proposals on the AGM agenda? – Alex Smale, Melbourne Owners Corporation Services 
  • My cash settlement does not include GST – Tyrone Shandiman, Strata Insurance Solutions 
  • Is changing the colour of our building's façade a significant change – Fabienne Loncar, Moray & Agnew Lawyers 
  • Exiting an embedded network if the contract is not due to expire for ten years – Joseph Arena, Embedded Network Arena
  • Benefits of your Strata Manager being an SCA Member – Strata Community Association (VIC)

September 2024 VIC Strata Magazine Authors

Tyrone Shandiman
Strata Insurance Solutions
Phillip Leaman
Tisher Liner FC Law Pty Ltd
Joel Chamberlain
Horizon Strata Management Group
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Melbourne Owners Corporation Services (MOCS)
Fabienne Loncar
Chambers Russell Lawyers
Joseph Arena
Embedded Network Arena

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