NB: There are several reader responses at the end of this article A couple of weeks ago Sydney mayor Clover Moore asked the State Government to do something about heavy bass noise from surround sound systems in apartments. The Government’s spokeswoman blithely replied that there are already laws in place to deal with this growing [...]

They say its it’s not the size of the dog in a fight that matters but the size of the fight in the dog. However, when it comes to a fight over allowing pets into strata blocks, it seems size really does matter. QUESTION: We bought our villa on the grounds the complex was pet [...]

They’re not actually fiddling while Sydney burns but it’s taking a while for the state government’s Fire Protection Systems Working Party to issue a report that should reveal fatal flaws in our apartment buildings. “The problems arise from design, installation, certification and maintenance of systems,” said the NSW Fire Brigades last year, in a submission [...]