If you are an owner, investor or committee member within a strata scheme or bodies corporate this message is for you! Twice a year Smart Strata proudly delivers a seminar series to Queensland connecting the strata community to strata professionals. Our next seminar series will be no different, as you will see, as we unveil…
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As you may already be aware South East Queensland was hit hard with the heavy rainfall two weeks ago which has resulted in damaging floods to Brisbane and surrounding areas. Unfortunately, our building at 154 Melbourne Street South Brisbane did not escape damage.We were originally advised by our building manager that we should be able to access the…
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Committees are made up of lot owners or their representatives and are elected each year, usually at the annual general meeting, to represent lot owners and make decisions on behalf of the body corporate. From time to time, a body corporate may for various reasons decide to remove a committee member or members from office.…
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The Queensland Reconstruction Authority has set down guidelines on how the North Queensland National Disasters Mitigation Program will operate. The program aims to help reduce the cost of insurance premiums in high-risk, cyclone-prone areas. Funding for upgrades, new buildings and infrastructure, which comply with resilient homes guidelines, will be eligible to apply for funding through…
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Down the vaccination rabbit hole For those who can remember their childhood, Alice in Wonderland was quite the trip. But that mind-bending exercise in pretzel logic is nothing compared with the rabbit hole we are all about to enter with COVID-19 vaccination in strata communities. The Cheshire cat said to Alice, ‘If you don’t know…
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Who polices compliance with COVID-19 public health directions in a strata community? I had hoped that my reflections on change and resilience would be the last article I wrote on the topic of COVID-19. However, it remains at the front of everyone’s minds with NSW coming out of lockdown, Victoria going into lockdown, and Queenslanders…
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We are seeking your feedback on a proposed regulatory framework for licensing of body corporate managers in Queensland. This has been a goal of SCA (Qld) since our inception in 1983. A well designed licensing regime would represent a watershed moment for our industry and create a new era of professionalism in the sector. The…
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If you are involved in a strata community with an on-site manager or caretaker, there may come a time when the agreements in place commonly known as management rights, change hands. If this happens, you will no doubt have lots of questions about what the rights and obligations of each party has including time frames.…
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Smoking in community titles schemes (CTS) is the subject of many enquiries received by our information and community education unit. This article aims to provide information to owners and occupiers who may be having a dispute with someone else in their scheme about second-hand tobacco smoke drifting from somewhere else in the scheme. There are…
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COVID-19 Emergency Legislation Provisions extended for bodies corporate until 30 April 2022 SCA (Qld) confirms that all of the temporary COVID-19 measures currently in force to assist bodies corporate and unit owners to respond to the impacts of the COVID-19 emergency are drafted so that they expire on the COVID-19 legislation expiry day. In relation to the…
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