Our EC is restricted to $5,000 at a time, meaning they can spend $5,000 every day until the kitty is cleared out. This is never pointed out at the AGMs, during the discussions on restrictions. We haven’t raised it so far in the two AGMs we have attended; however, we have begun taking steps to discover documents (they are very well hidden, including any EC meetings or related minutes). Just recently, we came into possession of our EC’s minutes (only one mind you), via the Tribunal. We had no idea they’d had a meeting at that time, let alone an agenda or the ensuing minutes. It (the ECM) had been held more than a year earlier & not mentioned at all at our AGM last year. The trouble in NSW is that the Tribunal does not take any action when it becomes aware of wrong doing, but sits on its laurels until it receives a complaint. No law can serve its purpose when there is no supervision of its administration. It is clear, the government expects every owner in strata schemes to have a well rounded legal training, not just in the SSMA, but common law as well, which is almost a thousand years old by the way, along with very deep pockets in case they lose an action at the Tribunal (must pay its costs). In order to deter vexacious complainants and/or litigants, the application & supervision of the Act has been made very cumbersome & expensive for everyone, except the miscreants. But, never fear, we shall rise up & “cause justice to be done on all malefactors”; well, failing that, we will attend to the ones in our vicinity.