One-sided SM contracts exposed… yet again
JimmyT recalls his first encounters with one-sided strata management contracts as a new ABC expose reveals that nothing much has changed in 20 years of complaints and unkept promises.
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SCA appoints complaints tsar but the lies persist
Strata Community Association has announced the appointment of an independent complaints tsar, in the wake of the scandal over Netstrata’s exposure for charging secret commissions for insurance policies. But, despite…
SCA-NSW launches post Netstrata investigation
There were a lot of questions that remained following the devastating report on ABC TV into allegations that strata management giant Netstrata had side-stepped regulations on declaring commissions for insurance…
Managing the managers: it’s only common sense
It’s all gone very quiet over at Strata Community Association (SCA) NSW since their president Stephen Brell resigned in the wake of an expose of his company, Netstrata, on ABC…
Strata law changes – but not where it really matters
As governments in our three most apartment-heavy states ponder changes to strata laws, the question is, will it be enough to restore confidence in the sector. In NSW, while developers…
Call to ban strata insurance commissions
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…
Strata peace and harmony start with respect
Julie McLean, President of the Victorian branch of Strata Community Australia, addresses the problem of bullying in strata schemes – and what we can do when verbal push comes to…
Vic Gov deaf to strata cries for help, says SCA
In her second post to Flat Chat, Julie McLean, President of SCA Victoria (the strata professionals’ body), wonders why the state’s strata owners’ and residents’ desperate cries for help go…
Podcast: Dark days, but the Eve of Destruction?
With the media dominated by the passing last week of Barry Humphries and Fr Bob Maguire, our Artificial Intelligence first-rough transcriptions service managed to conflate our brief tributes to both…
Victoria’s voice of strata reason comes on board
Regular Flatchatters will know that in recent months we have been making an effort to cover issues in Victorian strata. However, as we often state, strata laws are very different…
Qld laws blocking relief for flooded residents
Relief and compensation for apartment owners whose homes were destroyed by Queensland’s floods are being blocked because of outdated laws that prevent the sale of apartment blocks unless all owners…
Introducing a voice of reason from Queensland
As we never tire of saying on this website, there are almost as many differences between strata law in separate states as there are similarities. So we are pleased to…