Podcast: eBike fire hazard, batteries are included
The Wrap has gone all-electric this week, starting with Sue resolutely defending her e-scooter in the face of growing fears about fires from Lithium-ion batteries (and Jimmy’s column from the AFR).…
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Forum: Who exits when one owner has an AVO?
Here’s a tricky one for all you legal eaglets, a chance to scratch your Rumpole itch. An owner successfully applies for an Apprehended Personal Violence Order against a committee member.…
Podcast: Strata scandal right on our doorstep
In this week’s podcast we find ourselves victims of the kind of scams we have been warning people about for a couple of years. We are about to go to…
Forum: Strata pest may be a smart strategist
When does a determined owner who keeps applying for the same thing over and over just become a pest? An owner in one Flatchatter’s scheme keeps proposing basically the same…
Forum: TV strata report misses the point, as usual
Every time tabloid newspapers or TV magazine news show try to get into a strata issues, they invariably get it wrong. For instance, it has been alleged that residents in…
Poll: What would you cut in your strata budget?
If you had to make cuts in your strata spending, where would the axe fall first? Budgetting is crucially important today with the cost of living going up and inflation…
Global city councils put the squeeze on Airbnbs
All over the world, cities afflicted by Airbnb and other short-term holiday rentals are imposing restrictions - but will it make a difference?
Forum: Would you let serious levies debts slide?
It’s been a quiet week on the Forum – at least as far as new topics go; something to do with the blue moon, I guess. So while there’s a…
ABC levies debts report misses the mark
OPINION There’s a story in the ABC TV’s business report about how an apartment owner who’s had a run of rotten luck has just had everything made worse by her…
Last chance to comment on Qld law changes
Queensland is gearing up to revise some of its body corporate legislation and submissions are now closed if you wanted to make a submission to the committee assessing the new…
Forum: Power of one owner versus lots of lots
There’s an interesting conundrum in the Forum this week and it’s all about the power wielded by a single entity that owns several apartments against the collective might of the…
Forum: Range wars and modern strata cowboys
Back in the old Wild West (of America, not Australia) they had what they called “range wars” – they broke out when farmers, who legitimately owned chunks of land, would…