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NSW: Q&A Insurance Requirements in Strata

NSW Q:  Does the insurance industry rate our area as per a group of postcodes? Our risk of flooding etc from a statistics viewpoint, is extremely low.

Tyrone Shandiman,
Strata Insurance Solutions
QLD: Q&A Notice Periods and Electronic Voting at the EGM

QLD Q: Can an EGM meeting notice be served on a weekend in Queensland?


William Marquand,
Tower Body Corporate
Blackburne Strata Management
WA: Q&A Proxy Voting, Harvesting and the Validity of the Proxy Form

WA Q: Can a non-owner resident who holds a proxy be on the Council of owners for our Strata?

Andrew Chambers,
Chambers Franklyn Strata Management
NSW: Q&A Who sets the agenda, Explanatory notes [PLUS a Sample Motion]

NSW Q: Can a committee submit a motion?


Carlo Fini,
Lewis & Charles Lawyers
TaskFlo
QLD: Q&A Body Corporate Neighbours Causing Nuisance

QLD Q: Under the Queensland Legislation, is it an offence for residents to throw objects from their balconies?

Chris Irons, Hynes Legal 

VIC: Ask Us Anything Strata Q&A | Gregor Evans, The Knight – May 2021

Tower Body Corporate
QLD: Q&A Sinking Fund Forecast Balances and Contingencies

QLD Q: Our body corporate had a sinking fund forecast done in 2017. According to that, we should have just under $900k in that fund at present. We currently have about half of that. What is the best course of action here? Should a new forecast be done?

Michael Kleinschmidt, Stratum Legal
NSW: When a Building was Damaged from the Excavations Next Door

NSW: When a Building was Damaged from the Excavations Next Door

Building works in a development project led to movements of the foundation below an adjoining strata scheme causing extensive damage to an apartment building on that land. 
Rhonda Webster & Allison Benson, 
Kerin Benson Lawyers

Last Edition's Star Articles

QLD: Q&A Accuracy of Body Corporate Committee Meeting Minutes

QLD Q: Who can vote to confirm minutes of a previous AGM for a strata body corporate?

William Marquand, Tower Body Corporate
NSW: Q&A Apartment fire regulations - Fire Doors, Screen Doors, Access

NSW Q: Who is responsible for replacing our fire door if it fails a fire audit?

Rob Broadhead, 2020 Fire Protection

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UPCOMING STRATA WEBINARS

QLD: Ask Us Anything (Solar In Strata) Q&A WEBINAR: 25 May, 10 AM AEST
Registrations Now Open - Register HERE

Later this month we will be joined by Michael Kleinschmidt from Stratum Legal to talk about all things Solar in Strata. We will look at how the Act and associated regulation modules regulate solar, what by-laws can and cannot regulate and some practical ways that the rights of individuals can be balanced against the right of the body corporate community. Join us as we work our way through an easy-to-understand flow chart which will be provided to all webinar attendees after the event.

Find out more about Stratum Legal HERE.

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