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Podcast: New pet laws and defining ‘reasonable’

  • 16/02/2021
  • Author Jimmy-T

In this week’s podcast we give the NSW Parliament’s deliberations on it’s new strata pet laws a kick along. As reported here, the Lower House has taken a good six…

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    Commissioner’s lifeline on new-build defects

    • 15/09/2020
    • Author Jimmy-T

    Owners corporations in relatively new buildings deciding whether to fix building defects themselves or take recalcitrant developers to court – at huge expense and with no guarantee of success –…

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      ‘Abominable’ tower was last straw on defects

      • 17/06/2020
      • Author Jimmy-T

      An apartment block described by its developers as one of its “architectural landmarks of the finest standard” has been outed by NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler as the “straw that…

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        Building commish gets the tools to hammer cowboys

        • 03/06/2020
        • Author Jimmy-T

        NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler can finally get on with cleaning out the apartment building industry, with the NSW government passing two key pieces of legislation this week. His planned reforms,…

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          Upper House report slams Government on cladding, defects and reforms

          • 05/05/2020
          • Author Jimmy-T

          A NSW Upper House committee has slammed the NSW State government over alleged failures in three key areas all of which are directly related to apartment living. The government is…

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            PODCAST 52 – Our strata year of living dangerously

            • 10/12/2019
            • Author Jimmy-T

            It’s getting to the end of the year so we thought we’d look back at the last 12 months of apartment living in Australia. Unfortunately, there seem to be a…

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              NSW Labor promises strata commissioner to tackle defects

              • 06/03/2019
              • Author Jimmy-T

              EXCLUSIVE: By Sue Williams and Jimmy Thomson A dedicated Strata Commissioner to protect apartment owners and residents and restore confidence in the strata sector will be introduced by the Labor…

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                Free strata seminars for Sydney and Queensland

                • 11/08/2018
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                Ever felt like the proverbial mushroom when it comes to strata information – kept in the dark and fed you-know-what? Strata Managers of the Year, Strata Choice are about to…

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                  Roundup: New commissioner – same old story?

                  • 31/10/2017
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                  So we have a new Fair Trading Commissioner. Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean this week announced the appointment of Rose Webb to the NSW Fair Trading hot seat. Mr…

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