There are new strata laws coming into effect soon. ( they have been passed by parliament and just waiting to be gazetted)
One change is that standard form contracts now have to have specific clauses in them. It balances the power of the OC with the strata manager. So future strata management contracts should be a lot fairer.
There is nothing to stop you changing clauses in any type of contract prior to signing it.
However I wanted to change some clauses in a strata contract we signed recently.I got some concessions, but the strata manager told me that they did not want to stray too far from the original contract because then every management contract is different and it becomes difficult for them to administer.
That’s perfectly understandable especially as OCs are driving the price of strata management down.
But I expect to see any new contracts signed later this year to be a bit fairer, but probably still non negotiable