OK, it’s not up to the strata manager to make sure owners are up to date with their levies – his or her only statutory duty is to make sure they are charged the obligatory 10 per cent penalty interest for late payment.
But, as to your central question, the answer is, yes, this could be worth running through Fair Trading and NCAT. It may be that when the strata manager is taken to Fair Trading for mediation, they might just quit.
But NCAT will be more swayed by evidence of incompetence or fraud than a yarn about the dubious circumstances under which the strata manager was appointed.
So get your ducks lined up and your evidence gathered before you make a move.