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By-laws and rules (in Victoria) are the regulations that, generally speaking, we are allowed to set ourselves to moderate our behaviour in our communities.
But they are open to challenge. And what do you do if they are simply ignored?
NB: Some of these earlier posts may be out of date – please check – and the reference to by-laws may be in a longer post about another issue.

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How to fast-track strata conflict resolution

  • 27/09/2022
  • Author Jimmy-T

It is generally accepted that our states’ strata dispute systems are slow, frustrating and expensive – but isn’t there a way to provide instant answers before issues become serious problems.…

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    Forum: Lines drawn in parking space battle

    • 21/06/2022
    • Author Jimmy-T

    It’s a bumper crop of Forum posts this week but I’m drawn to one that reminds me of a friend of mine – a real estate agent – who was…

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      Webinar: Q&A with strata lawyer in the hotseat

      • 12/05/2022
      • Author Jimmy-T

      If you haven’t lost your zest for Zoom, even though many people are back in their offices, there’s a strata-related webinar you could check out this week. In a session…

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        Different strata strokes for different states’ folks

        • 19/04/2022
        • Author Jimmy-T

        As we frequently remind readers, strata laws are different across the different states in Australia.  Sometimes the differences are minor but occasionally they are glaring and speak to the culture…

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          Forum: Threatened with fine over late-night chats

          • 15/03/2022
          • Author Jimmy-T

          We’re not judging here but sometimes a question reveals as much about the questioner as it does about the subject.  This week one Flatchatter has asked how she can be…

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            OCN issues revised Airbnb by-law after NCAT ruling

            • 28/02/2022
            • Author Jimmy-T

            As we reported last week, when the owner of two properties in a Sydney Olympic Park complex challenged their identical by-laws restricting short-term holiday lets, an NCAT member had found…

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              Airbnb by-law bounced over fob-cancelling clause

              • 15/02/2022
              • Author Jimmy-T

              A Sydney apartment complex has had its entire “no-airbnb” by-law rescinded after an appeals tribunal confirmed two clauses in the four-page by-law were invalid. The first clause would have allowed…

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                Pet hates and petty issues ‘clogging Qld tribunals’

                • 18/01/2022
                • Author Jimmy-T

                Strata schemes pursuing trivial issues such as trying to ban pets from lifts or doormats from lift lobbies are clogging up the adjudication system in Queensland, says the state’s main…

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                  Trapped in a 50-floor block with no working intercom

                  • 11/01/2022
                  • Author Jimmy-T

                  It was once Australia’s tallest and most luxurious apartment building, but residents of the Sydney CBD’s Park Regis today live in less-than-splendid isolation. With the access intercom system having been…

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                    $2000 bonds seen as bid to by-pass pet laws

                    • 14/12/2021
                    • Author Jimmy-T

                    When health worker Georgia Dawson (not pictured) applied for permission to keep her dog in her apartment, she was stunned to be told her building was considering imposing a bond…

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                      Forum: Owner falls foul of strict window by-law

                      • 07/12/2021
                      • Author Jimmy-T

                      There’s a mixture of Forum posts this week – new questions and answers and some ongoing discussions. One fresh conundrum concerns an owner who’s fallen foul of by-laws related to…

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                        States play catch-up with strata law proposals

                        • 07/12/2021
                        • Author Jimmy-T

                        Anyone keeping even just half an eye on events in StrataLand for the past week or so would be forgiven for thinking our state bodies – Better Regulation in NSW…

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