Primary-source analysis of Australian strata reforms — NSW disclosure penalties, the SCA NSW insurance commission ban, Queensland's BCCM reforms, Form 33, Building Reg Reno, and what bodies corporate legally must do with maintenance quotes.
Tabled. Recorded. Accessible. The three legal requirements every quote must satisfy under the BCCM Act — and the five ways most schemes get this wrong.
Three quotes for the same job — $8,000, $14,000, $31,000 — and nobody can explain the gap. The gap is almost never about price. It is about scope.
The Form 33 excludes defects, unfixed liabilities, disputes and orders — everything a buyer is actually afraid of. Where it points is the body corporate's records.
Water is the number one source of QLD strata disputes. Who pays depends on the source, the maintenance obligation, and the insurance — the membrane rule and the pipe test explained.
The AGM timetable working backwards: the motion invitation before EOFY, 21 days' notice, the three-month deadline, quorum rules and the statutory motions.
Since 11 December 2023, section 102 of the SSMA requires all owners corporations — not just 100+ lot schemes — to obtain two independent quotes for expenditure of more than $30,000.
The major spending limit explained: how the default limit works, the GST trap, the project-splitting prohibition, and the five mistakes schemes make.
The default committee limit, the per-proposal rule, the statutory-order exceptions, and how the committee limit interacts with the two-quote requirement.
From 3 February 2025, penalties up to 500 penalty units for breaching new disclosure obligations. What changed, what's now disclosable.
SCA NSW phased out strata manager insurance commissions. What an insurance commission actually is, how the reform works, and how QLD compares.
From 1 March 2021, new BCCM regulation modules required disclosure of the actual monetary amount of any commission or benefit. Not just a percentage.
From 1 August 2025, Form 33 replaced the section 206 statement and Form 13 certificate. What's in it, what happens if it's wrong, why records matter.
Annual reporting relief for 50,000 sole traders, passive fire upskilling extended to May 2030, and QBCC digital modernisation from 1 February 2026.
The NSW Productivity and Equality Commission's 2026 strata commissions report found a strong case for restricting commissions, with four reform options and $300M+ in projected benefits.
The process for changing strata managers in QLD, NSW and Victoria: term limits, resolutions, notice deadlines and records handover compared side by side, with full state guides for committees.
How NSW owners corporations change strata managing agents: section 50 term limits, the 3-month non-reappointment notice, ordinary resolutions, the 2025 reforms, and NCAT termination powers.
How Queensland bodies corporate change managers under the BCCM Act: engagement terms, ordinary resolutions, remedial action notices, notice deadlines, and handover of records.
How Victorian owners corporations change managers under the OC Act 2006: the 3-year contract cap, void rollover clauses, tier-based notice limits, the 28-day records handover, and pre-December-2021 contract traps.