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Strata managers accused of $240m insurance rort

  • 21/02/2024
  • Author Jimmy-T

Almost 150 allegations of improper insurance commissions paid to strata managers, worth more than $240 million, have been reported to both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the…

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    Call to ban strata insurance commissions

    • 12/12/2023
    • Author Jimmy-T

    Strata managers are incapable of effectively self-regulating insurance commissions in strata schemes and the payments should be completely banned, says a consumer lobby group.  The Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby Inc (ACIL) says failed…

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      E-bike battery by-law and webinar on the way

      • 05/12/2023
      • Author Jimmy-T

      Out walking the other day we passed a backpacker hostel in Sydney’s Kings Cross where, on a Sunday morning there were no fewer that eight food delivery e-bikes chained to…

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        Getting all fired up about ebike batteries in flats

        • 07/11/2023
        • Author Jimmy-T

        Charging lithium-ion batteries inside apartments is rapidly becoming a burning issue for strata committees and fireys. It seems a day doesn’t go by without another eBike or electric scooter battery…

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