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The first thing to do is to establish your by-law and how it may have been breached.
Then you need to approach your committee and/or strata manager to ask them what they intend to do about it (will they issue a notice to comply with the relevant by-law or seek orders at NCAT?).
Failing that, go to Fair Trading and ask for mediation with the upstairs owner to require them to either fix the noise problem or comply with the by-laws. This may not have any effect but it is a mandatory step before you can go to NCAT.
You may have to start a “noise diary” and get an acoustic engineer report to establish that the noise from upstairs is excessive and breaches both by-laws and strata laws on your right to the peaceful enjoyment of your lot.