I don’t know if it’s NSW only, but here the logic goes that all RESIDENTS and owners have to be registered with addresses, contact numbers and email addresses on the strata roll. The strata roll is an Owners Corproation document. All Owners Corp documents must be made accessible to owners.
We had it confirmed by SCA-NSW President Robert Anderson in a recent podcast that this means that all NSW strata owners’ contact details must be made available to other owners on request (and the payment of a $60 fee).
If you have similar provisions without legally established exclusions in Vic strata law, then the SCA contract is probably illegal and definitely open to challenge (possibly under their own invisible code of conduct).
I do know that in a case that went to the WA High Court a few years ago, a decision not to give an owner the right to see the names and addresses of other owners was overturned on the grounds that whatever they call the OC in the wild West couldn’t deny access just because the owner might misuse the contacts.
Anyone in Vic with a clearer idea of this?