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I had an answer already for this … then I realised it was in Tassie. Honestly, I think the only way you are going to speed this up is for the objector to withdraw her objections or to call for a general meeting of all owners and have her outvoted.
Right now, I would be contacting an experienced strata lawyer if you can find one or you could start with the government’s free legal advice service.
You should also have a look a the Guide to Strata Living in Tasmania but I don’t have a lot of faith in an organsiation that can’t work out how to insert a new page in a PDF documant.
But perhaps the easiest way is to take a deposit from the buyer, repayable if the permission for the air-con doesn’t go through. You can only hope that having a a little Hitler on the committee doesn’t put them off buying.
Finally, you could get a lawyer to write to the backslider to warn her that you will seek full restitution if the a/c is allowed but the sale falls through, or you incur any substantial costs due to her recalcitrance.
Worth a try.
By the way, if this was NSW, you could push the air-con through as a minor renovation provided it was reverse cycle as (as found out recently) is considered environmantally beneficial.