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Progress on insurance commissions in NSW

2025-09-15T12:24:11+10:00

The board of SCA (NSW), which has many NSW strata managing agents as members, has resolved to get rid of insurance commissions for SCA member strata managing agents. This is an important first step – but only a first step. Much as we at OCN welcome this news, we are aware that insurance commissions are just one of the sources of conflicted remuneration for agents. So OCN has joined with the [...]

Progress on insurance commissions in NSW2025-09-15T12:24:11+10:00

Strata group to train managers for commission shift

2025-09-09T12:47:21+10:00

Strata Community Association NSW says the phasing out of insurance commissions from next year will be supported by training, as the shift to alternative arrangements may be challenging for some managers.OCN's David Glover has welcomed SCA’s decision while noting other forms of conflicted remuneration also need to end, and it is important the commissions ban is not sidestepped.Read the article here

Strata group to train managers for commission shift2025-09-09T12:47:21+10:00

Strata group to train managers for commission shift

2025-09-16T12:40:02+10:00

Strata Community Association NSW says the phasing out of insurance commissions from next year will be supported by training, as the shift to alternative arrangements may be challenging for some managers. The commissions, which have subsidised upfront strata management fees, have been opaque and the change aims to provide transparent remuneration for insurance-related work as state regulation increases disclosure requirements. Owners Network Corporation MD for services David Glover has welcomed SCA’s [...]

Strata group to train managers for commission shift2025-09-16T12:40:02+10:00

Free OCN webinar: Victorian Owners urged to have their say on strata law reform

2025-08-29T16:01:04+10:00

Apartment owners and residents are being urged to seize a “once-in-a-decade” chance to influence the laws governing strata living, with the state government’s review of the Owners Corporation Act 2006 now under way. The review, announced by Consumer Affairs Minister Nick Staikos in June, is being led by former minister Marsha Thomson and an expert panel, with recommendations due by December. With submissions closing on September 2, the Owners Corporation Network (OCN) [...]

Free OCN webinar: Victorian Owners urged to have their say on strata law reform2025-08-29T16:01:04+10:00

OCN calls for NT government to step up following huge strata special levy at Darwin apartment complex

2025-08-29T16:02:49+10:00

Property owners at a Darwin apartment complex are paying more than $50,000 each towards a strata special levy, leaving many in financial difficulty. The $3 million special levy is being split between 71 apartments, and will see the main pool area at the complex reconstructed. Chris Irons (Queensland's former body corporate commissioner and Joint managing director of OCN) said OCN planned to establish an NT chapter, due to a current lack [...]

OCN calls for NT government to step up following huge strata special levy at Darwin apartment complex2025-08-29T16:02:49+10:00

NSW removes strata blocking vote on EV chargers and rooftop solar for apartments

2025-08-18T09:37:08+10:00

Key barriers have been removed for electric vehicle chargers and rooftop solar to be installed in apartments and other strata developments in NSW, as new laws that prescribe what strata committees can and can’t refuse take effect. OCN Chair and Director Fred Tuckwell told Renew Economy “I believe it has made it a fair bit easier for people because just the words saying you only need a simple majority… the optics are [...]

NSW removes strata blocking vote on EV chargers and rooftop solar for apartments2025-08-18T09:37:08+10:00

House of pain: NSW construction firms collapse at record rate

2025-08-01T16:43:59+10:00

OCN Policy Director Karen Stiles said the impacts of homeowners footing the bill of increased costs had “been as bad as suicide, marriage breakups (and) ill health”. Read the article here or https://ocn.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/House-of-pain-Construction-firms-collapse-at-record-rate.pdf

House of pain: NSW construction firms collapse at record rate2025-08-01T16:43:59+10:00

I had no idea – the Aussies finding the downsides to downsizing

2025-07-21T13:59:26+10:00

Multiple factors account for a successful move, says Janette Corcoran, the Victorian director of the peak apartment-owners body, the Owners Corporation Network, and chair of her 42-level tower in Docklands, Victoria Point, which has more than 1000 residents, as well as serviced apartments, offices and retail outlets. “Whether downsizing works or not depends on the push and pull factors,” she says. “One family were feeling unsafe in their house in one [...]

I had no idea – the Aussies finding the downsides to downsizing2025-07-21T13:59:26+10:00

OCN supports council’s gas ban. Developers say it’s a no-brainer

2025-06-30T18:33:02+10:00

OCN’s joint managing director, David Glover, said the move to all-electric homes was “inevitable” for health, environmental and economic reasons, so the City of Sydney’s restriction on gas in new homes was “well thought through and essential”. The City of Sydney has mandated that new residential developments will have to use electric cooktops, ovens and space heating from January 1, 2026, and be entirely gas free from the following year. Read [...]

OCN supports council’s gas ban. Developers say it’s a no-brainer2025-06-30T18:33:02+10:00

OCN ACT and strata bodies unite behind the need for a Commissioner appointment

2025-06-30T18:17:28+10:00

ACT strata bodies unite behind commissioner but warn funding falls short The Strata Community Association (SCA) and the Owners Corporation Network (OCN) have presented a united front in calling for a properly resourced strata commissioner to support Canberra’s growing population of strata-titled property owners. Read the article here  

OCN ACT and strata bodies unite behind the need for a Commissioner appointment2025-06-30T18:17:28+10:00
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