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Commissioners Corner – Service Statistics (QLD)

When I am at meetings, events, seminars and similar, people will often say to me of my role “that must keep you busy” or words to that effect. In this article, I will attempt to quantify just how “busy” my Office is, by providing some statistics about our work in 2016–17, along with some commentary…

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Are You NBN Ready?

The National Broadband Network (nbn) is in full swing with 2018 expected to be its biggest year to date for installations. Australia is in desperate need of higher internet speeds; in its most recent rankings, Akamai’s annual internet report placed Australia far below the usual standard of a developed country: currently residing behind Kenya, a…

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Levy Arrears Recovery Time Limitations (QLD)

A Judge of the District Court of Queensland has just ruled that a body corporate must start legal proceedings to recover a contribution that has been outstanding for two years and two months; otherwise the body corporate will be barred from taking action outside that period. This decision will have drastic ramifications across the industry,…

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Strata Finance Explained

What is it? When an owners corporation or body corporate needs money for renovation or rectification works, emergency repairs, green initiatives, insurance premiums, litigation or other capital requirements there are essentially three options to choose from: use money from a sinking fund raise a special levy take out a loan to cover the costs All…

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