Parliament pet petition off to a flying start online
More than 1300 pet lovers have signed up to a petition demanding that blanket bans on pets in strata be revoked, after only two days of it being online on…
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Forum: Anti-pet chair undermining sales pitch
What do you do when your neighbours actively undermine your attempts to get a decent price when you try to sell your unit? Nowhere near the same scale as our…
What will your dog do when you return to work?
With many Australians hopefully heading back into the office in the near future, your pets are going to have to make a major adjustment too. And what you don’t want…
Foster or adopt – a pet could end your isolation
As we are all still being advised to stay at home if we can, there is only so much TV you can watch on your own, and so many cute…
Pet death threat as block appeals by-law ban
Residents in one of Sydney’s top apartment blocks have been warned they may have to have their newly bought or adopted dogs and cats put down, or move out themselves,…
Flat Chat Wrap #43 – Airbnb under pump, pet ban lifted and free money
We cover a lot of ground in this week’s chat with journalist and author Sue Williams, including two old favourites – Airbnb and pet bans – and a brand new…
Celebrate Dog Day by adopting rather than shopping for a pet
Did you know last Monday (August 26) was International Dog Day? No, me neither. But last week the media office for NSW Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock sent out…
The perfect gift for your pet – a treat-feeding spy camera
If you are one of those families that gets Christmas cards from their pets – how do those flat-dwelling moggies get out to the Post Office? – you’ll probably want…
Unleashed: Tribunal overturns another blanket pet ban
The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) has confirmed that it will invalidate strata by-laws that are effectively blanket bans on pets. In an as-yet unreported decision, a Senior Member…
Have anti-pet by-laws been binned by NCAT?
There’s been a lot of fluff and kerfuffle around the recent publishing of an NCAT decision from earlier this year concerning a little dog called Baxter and an owners corp…
NCAT Member rules ‘no pets’ by-laws invalid
Did you know that earlier this year a NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) Member ruled it was harsh, unconscionable and oppressive to have a by-law banning animals? Now, admittedly, this…
Still problems in these pet-friendlier times
There’s lingering a belief around apartment living that unit blocks don’t allow pets, anywhere, ever. It goes back to the grim old days of three storey walk-ups when the rules…