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Fake news clickbait over ‘neighbour from Hell’

  • 12/06/2024
  • Author Jimmy-T

It’s rare that we are inspired to quote Shakespeare, even as we strut and fret upon the strata stage. But there’s a story in Domain in the Sydney Morning Herald…

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    Victoria councils want curbs on holiday lets

    • 04/07/2023
    • Author Jimmy-T

    The Municipal Associations of Victoria (MAV) – the umbrella body for all the local government bodies in the state – has called on the state government to impose restrictions on…

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      Is Victorian strata really a too-hard basket case?

      • 15/03/2023
      • Author Jimmy-T

      COMMENTIs Victorian strata really in a state of chaos?  And if that’s the case, how does that manifest itself, why is it so, and what can be done about it?­­…

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        Small victory for litigious Victoria strata warrior

        • 13/12/2022
        • Author Jimmy-T

        An increasingly attractive suggested method for dealing with… let’s call them “persistently critical” owners in a strata scheme has been to try to pass on the cost of strata managers…

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          Podcast: Victoria’s strata woes fall on deaf ears

          • 06/12/2022
          • Author Jimmy-T

          OK, I admit it, I’m becoming obsessed with what is happening – or not happening – in Victoria. And I mean Victoria, Australia, not the capital of British Columbia, as…

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            Victoria: A shambolic state of strata chaos

            • 01/12/2022
            • Author Jimmy-T

            How bad are things in Victorian strata? As you will read in this article, the removal of flammable cladding is revealing building structures that are rotting from the inside out.…

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