Is this the secret to the rumour not one breach notice has been issued by Fair Trading?
Fair Trading doesn’t issue breach notices – not their job – and its “investigation” unit is non-existent when it comes to strata. All FT does in strata is offer limited advice and the facility for mediation which is often just a box-ticking exercise so that disputants can move on to NCAT.
The whole system is unwieldy and ineffective but the mandarins at Fair Trading and Justice will do nothing to fix it in case they have to cede territory. BTW, Labor is curiously silent on this clear failure of consumer protection, so don’t expect anything to change regardless of the outcome of the election.