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The concept of holding a secret ballot to determine an outcome is well-established in many different contexts. Generally speaking, secret ballots are used in situations where there are important decisions to be made and it is therefore essential that anyone entitled to vote can do so freely, without fear of the voter being identified and…
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The Queensland Building and Construction Commission (“QBCC”) is the regulator of the building and construction industry in Queensland. The QBCC has a raft of different functions, but two of those are providing remedies to consumers for defective building work (“Dispute Resolution Function”) and the administration of the Statutory Insurance Scheme (“SIS”). These functions are interrelated,…
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This article is relevant to Bodies Corporate located in Queensland who operate within or manage an embedded electrical network, where electricity is purchased in bulk and then on-sold to individual unit occupants. You may have already received a notice from your billing agent, strata manager or one of the newly accredited Embedded Network Manager Service…
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Hopefully, you would have read or, at least, recall my earlier article outlining a number of common queries (and answers) in relation to accessing body corporate records which can be found here. I noted then that there were still a number of other queries on the topic to warrant a sequel. With that in mind,…
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