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Community Education Seminars – Wrap Up!

Our latest round of Community Education Seminars were held all over Queensland this month, delivering the latest information on recent legislative changes. These changes relate to committee and general meeting processes ranging from voting rights to nomination entitlements along with many other procedural changes including new disclosure obligations. Hosted by Smart Strata foundation Partner Archers…

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Maintenance of prescribed Fire Safety Installations – it’s your obligation!

Fire Safety Installations in buildings must be capable of operating to performance standards in the event of a fire. As a building owner, leaser, agent and/or manager of your premises you must know if your building has prescribed Fire Safety Installations and what your obligations are to maintain them. When it comes to your fire-safety…

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Committee Member Legal Costs

Committee Members Legal Costs – can you reimburse them? There are a number of very strict requirements that have to be adhered to for a Body Corporate to lawfully pay the legal costs of one or more of its committee members. The recent QCAT decision of Pead v Chambers & Anor (No. 2) [2021] QCATA 3…

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How Many Strata Managers Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?

Or, why we need a lot more strata managers [and other related change] Did you hear the joke about the strata manager? No? Well, I’ll tell you that joke, but it has an unexpected punchline about strata title sector issues.   Warning! This is a semi-satirical piece. Read on to for the explanation of the…

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