Hi Sammi
As a Strata Manager this situation smells. There are two things you must do.
1. Do a strata search, your an owner so they can not stop you. All records including the Agendas , Minutes, Financials and the Strata Roll must be made available to you in an inspection. There is a fee involved but it just over $34.00. its set in the strata reg’s.
2. Get a lawyer. You can seek leave from NCAT to be legally represented. They can give it or not, but with the money your talking about, I would.
Make sure the lawyer has had dealings at NCAT on Strata issues. A quick google search will get you a list of them. If the lawyer is a sponsor of any strata industry awards/conferences etc all the better as that usually means that Strata is their bread and butter business so they don’t need to read the Act or regulations to know whats the way to proceed.
Hope that helps.