@Whale said:
…impacts upon strata democracy arising from the malaise of disinterested owners…
There are no ‘disinterested’ owners, only uninterested owners.
In the ACT, proxies count towards a quorum of a general meeting but not absentee votes. The key wording was “a quorum made up by people entitled to vote… in relation to not less than half the total number of units…”
An recent tribunal decision interpreted that to mean that the number of units represented in person or by proxy was what counts on the basis of the words I underlined. Of course, NSW wording may be different.