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[Flame Tree (Qld)]

There a serial pest and repeat offender in our complex. A real bully who has berated, bullied, harassed and harangued a few of us enough to have had enough.

I presented the Qld Form 1 to our hapless committee outline his list of sins and all the usual information. They came back without investigation saying they would not be proceeding with the formal contact and chastisement of the lot owner. I think his known form intimidates them as well.

I see there is a Form 22 to take it up between me and him but I’ve not much faith in him seeing the light and pulling his head in, unless he’s forced to by an outside party, and I assume he is likely to blow up just on the initial contact of that.

So, any ideas on progress for this that might get a result and not come to blows in the process?

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[Jimmy-T]

We need more specifics.  What form does the bullying and harassment take?  There’s only so much that your body corporate can do but if this person is hassling or verbally assaulting several residents, there’s a lot you can do collectively.

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[Flame Tree (Qld)]

Apparently, he was on the committee here for a few years but like the rest doesn’t care too much for legislation and by laws and general decent neighbourliness. Other owners also don’t know him by name or look, but his reputation is growing as quite the dill.

He abused a new owner for overfilling a recycling  bin – welcome to the neighbourhood, screamed abuse at me when a committee member introduced me to him for the first time – apparently over some nonsense the committee still hasn’t addressed in 6 years – not that he is still on the committee, then he tried to stare me down for 40 seconds straight at the AGM – he lost that one too. Reported me for hosing down a path that was unaddressed by hapless grounds people here after it becoming a slip fall hazard.

And then when the committee knowingly, unlawfully engaged a contractor to come do in-lot pest control and as I was smiling with the guy as I passed by saying we both knew he shouldn’t be doing that and he might not get paid, old mate pops up like a strange apparition to give him a high volume, spicey, character reference of me and thereafter went to town including the obligatory ‘come down here and say that’ when I called him a cute little bald man.

Boofs like him don’t scare me on the surface but annoy me to think he does do it to others with softer skin. Another neighbor has heard him going off at his wife too and for which he apologised to them that next morning – booze was the real culprit, apparently. I don’t think blokes like him stop, unless made stop, and will likely escalate where in our instance we both go home with some blood in our mouths at best, or worse in an ambulance and no one wants that.

Hence, I took the legislative bylaw breach route via the likely intimidated and in cahoots committee but they were keen to not get involved and side with him without investigation. Seems I can still go direct along the bylaw route man0-el-mano. Local police office attendee girl suggested the Peace and Good Behaviour approach but in detail that seems to be after old mate has already done some damage or directly threatened the breaking of legs or property et al and not just running his mouth.

And rightfully so that it’s a pretty high bar as I’ve read in appeal notices that the consequences are harsh, including jail throughout the likely 12 month duration of an order if he messes up. Seems he has to prove he’s a nut job before the courts will treat him as such and not just embarrass himself as such first up.

Anyways, I’d be keen on others thoughts for my own intel, and should this prove informative for others in this same boat.

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[HappyNow]

Can you video his abusive behaviour, take to police and gain an AVO against offender?

If others are receiving abuse, they can do the same, then you have a number of AVOs against the same offender.

Surely that must carry muster at some stage. Also, if not alcohol based, could be, if aging, a form of dementia or alzheimers?

We had one in our complex, very intimidating & abusive. He passed away eventually.

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