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In Qld, you really need to write your own AGM and committee motions to convey exactly what you want and how you want it said. There is enough info online advising how to do so but essentially, they need be lawful, simple, brief, actionable, and likely costed. You can also provide a word-limited explanatory statement with justifying guff or further information, such as pictures or quotes. They need be submitted in time (in Qld it’s before the end of your financial year) or they need wait until the next AGM or EGM. Be careful that the committee doesn’t just decides it will ignore them due to their dodginess, exposure, slackness or naivety, as I recently experienced. As I understand it the committee has longer than owners to get AGM motions in so if they are half decent, they might and can include your motion as a committee motion to get it included. My sketchy strata guy ignored responding to my request to know why my Motions were not included and only sent his response email at 6pm the night before the AGM after he had long since gone home and it was too late to really do much. Just note, with motions you can resubmit any motion again should you lose the vote but some states limit the time between doing so – say, once a year and the number received in a year by the same owner (likely to curtail keyboard warriors who are never seemingly satisfied).