Re: A pox on your proxies

The conference I referred to – Strata and Community Title in Australia for the 21st Century – has it's own forum at
https://strata-and-community-title-2011.ning.com so I posed the following question:

I am curious about the implementation of the limit on the number of proxy votes that can be held by any one person voting at a general meeting.  These limits do not apply here in NSW.       

Does this prevent clustering of proxies and 'blind' block votes wielded by chairpersons? 
Does it disadvantage investor owners who can't find representatives who haven't already reached their limit?

In a State like Queensland where the laws seem to actively encourage developers to use their voting power to pre-sell management rights, this seems to be anti-democratic rather than anti-block voting. Any thoughts?

I'll keep an eye on responses or you could log in yourselves and see what you can find.