Links to all the best strata and related industry news from August 2021

Queensland

Queensland to tackle ‘living hell’ of toxic body corporates

Queensland Government scraps funding of 40-year-old termite treatment program

Commissioner for body corporate says she can’t act on insurance

New ‘flushability’ standard will help to end ‘fatbergs’ from clogging our sewerage network

National

Woman who won pets in apartments case loses bid to have her building’s strata committee sacked

Sydney apartment residents ‘shocked’ after adjoining building will be used as COVID medi-hotel

Crackdown on short stay accommodation in Hobart to be considered by Council

Locked-down neighbours complain about kids using chalk on driveway

How stacker malfunction in CBD apartment building crushed one car and trapped 30 more

Pets

New regulations shift onus to strata-friendly pets

Pets in apartments: Owners can be slugged with costs and restrictions

Defects

‘Massive toll’: Sydney apartment buyers languishing years after paying deposits

Opal Tower builder denies involvement in separate Sydney apartment complex found with defects

Owners Report Defects in 50pc of Apartments

Shoddy builders set to be easily identified under scheme shake-up

NSW plans defects insurance for apartment buildings

General/Other

Milan high-rise consumed by flames