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@Ray2U said:
In NSW there is nothing in the Act that provides for an owner to request any items be put onto a committee meeting agenda. Ironically the NSW Act is written this way to prevent harassment and bullying of committee members by a disgruntled owner. In NSW the committee may reasonably and legally ignore this type of request.
Point taken. And maybe it is better to wait for the next AGM or, if you have the support of 25 percent of owners, call an EGM specifically to discuss bullying.
That said, if the bully operates on the fringes of socially and legally acceptable behaviour, then occasionally we are entitled to commit the odd professional foul too.
A section 138 request at NCAT for orders forcing the EC to consider the matter might well not be successful per se (depending on the Member) but getting the complaint on the record is what you are really looking for. I hesitate to use the phrase “name and shame” as that is just another form of bullying, but it has its place when there is no other way of keeping bullies on a tight leash.
Personally, I think allegations of bullying are thrown around a little too easily, for instance, when people are legitimately criticised for failure to do their jobs properly.
But there are people who are genuine victims of bullying and if the owners in a building elect bullies to positions of power then they have to accept some responsibility for what happens next.
Getting back to the point, an application to NCAT that’s doomed to failure, but which exposes the bullies in a block, is surely better than suffering in silence.