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Assuming this is strata (rather than Company Title) I'm going to out on a limb here and say that the legal costs of proving that your auntie was negligent and personally liable (even if you could do so) could be more than you would pay in a special levy with no guarantee of a positive outcome.
Look on the positive side, your apartment is going to be the one that benefits most from this upgrade and it's only going to cost you one-fifth (possibly less). Meanwhile, it's time to get Auntie to step down and if she puts up a fight, apply to the CTTT for the appointment of a statutory strata manager who will get the building maintained as it is the Owners' Coprporation's legal duty to do.
The question of personal liability, I will leave to our legal friends who may know of a way of proving that this is personal rather than corporate negligence.
If finance is an issue, there are strata finance companies around that provide funds exactly for situations like this.