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Strata reforms criticised as “tinkering around the edges”
Long-awaited reforms to Victoria’s owners’ corporation laws have been criticised by strata advocates as lacking the structural change needed to fix major problems in the state’s growing apartment sector.
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Inner-city residents impatient for change on strata issues
A range of organisations representing inner-city residents say radical reform on strata management is urgently needed. An expert report on the subject and the government’s response to it now overdue.
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“Plan now, pay less later”: local engineer urges Southbank high-rise owners to prepare for electrification costs
Howard Barnes has spent the past decade studying the guts of his building. A mechanical engineer and Tower 3 resident at Yarra’s Edge since 2013, he has a message for communities living in Melbourne towers built around 20 years ago or more: start planning – and saving – for electrification now.
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Owners seize back control at The Sentinel amid management dispute
Owners at The Sentinel residential tower in Southbank have voted to remove its former owners’ corporation committee, in a decisive move to regain control over building management following months of unrest.
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“Plan now, pay less later”: local engineer urges Southbank high-rise owners to prepare for electrification costs
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