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Answering your last question first, any suggestion (and I’m not saying you are) that the Owners Corporation would be responsible for the damage, even in the unlikely event that a random rodent had entered your Unit and caused it, is like suggesting that the owner of a next door house would be similarly responsible if we were talking about stand-alone properties.
Secondly as it appears the leak was quite substantial, I assume it was the water inlet hose that caused the problem, where as it’s under mains pressure and usually made of durable rubber with swaged fittings, bursting is quite common.
By all means inform your Strata Manager as it’s likely that all the dishwashers were similarly installed, but I’d be pursuing the Builder to make their own inquiries with the technician, and to inspect the hose themselves.
I have a feeling though that those involved will duck-shove the problem (and you) around, until such time as you tire of chasing them and do what I’d do right now – advise your contents insurer about the burst pipe, of cause unknown, and of a possible claim for the consequent damage.