by-laws

More e-bike fires – this time in Perth

2024-02-13T23:59:17+11:00

7 FEBRUARY 2024 Last week, a fire occurred due to the charging of two lithium-ion e-bikes on a balcony. Nadia Mitsopoulos, Presenter of ABC Mornings Perth, spoke with Fred Tuckwell, Chair of OCN, regarding the incident. Listen to the interview:> https://ocn.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Radio-ABC-Perth-Mornings-Fred-Tuckwell-talking-about-e-bikes-and-e-scooters.mp3 Read related article:> https://ocn.org.au/owners-corporation-network-proposes-new-e-bike-e-scooter-rules/

More e-bike fires – this time in Perth2024-02-13T23:59:17+11:00

‘You can’t get out the window if you’re on the 20th floor’: Buildings act on risky e-bikes

2024-02-05T15:49:24+11:00

5 FEBRUARY 2024 Sydney apartment owners are moving to ban or restrict electric bicycles and scooters in their buildings after a growing spate of battery blazes, undermining the state’s sustainability policies to encourage active transport. The Owners Corporation Network of Australia, which represents the owners and residents of strata properties such as apartment blocks, townhouses and villas, will be launching its model bylaw later this month. The organisation’s chair, Fred Tuckwell, [...]

‘You can’t get out the window if you’re on the 20th floor’: Buildings act on risky e-bikes2024-02-05T15:49:24+11:00

Owners Corporation Network Getting on Top of e-bike Fire Risk with Expert Webinar

2023-12-05T13:28:41+11:00

4 DECEMBER 2023 Sunday's e-bicycle battery fire in an apartment is the most recent of several this year. OCN, which represents and supports apartment owners and residents, has been researching best practice in protecting its members from this developing risk. “We have engaged with experts including EV Firesafe, an Australian company funded by the Department of Defence, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA), the Electric Vehicle Council and taken advice from [...]

Owners Corporation Network Getting on Top of e-bike Fire Risk with Expert Webinar2023-12-05T13:28:41+11:00

Peak Body Warns Apartment & Unit Owners to Adopt Zero Tolerance for Schoolies Onslaught

2022-11-23T18:18:26+11:00

22 NOVEMBER 2022 The peak body for apartment and unit owners says strata owners and Owners Corporations should adopt a zero tolerance policy for unruly schoolies to avoid being left with damages bills of thousands of dollars. It says the parents of unruly schoolies should be held accountable and made to pay for any damages. Read full media release:> 221122 Peak Body Warns Apartment Owners to Adopt Zero Tolerance For Schoolies [...]

Peak Body Warns Apartment & Unit Owners to Adopt Zero Tolerance for Schoolies Onslaught2022-11-23T18:18:26+11:00

Smoking on the balcony of an apartment declared a ‘hazard’

2022-02-08T18:02:07+11:00

A Queensland regulator has banned a Surfers Paradise woman from smoking on her apartment balcony after a neighbour’s complaint, declaring it to be a “hazard” rather than a “nuisance”, in a move that could allow bodies corporate to outlaw smoking completely. “If you live with the urban myth that strata title is like a title to land, you are only encouraging ongoing conflict,” Mr Goddard, a spokesman for the Owners Corporation [...]

Smoking on the balcony of an apartment declared a ‘hazard’2022-02-08T18:02:07+11:00

Queensland unit dwellers could be barred from smoking on balconies after landmark decision

2022-01-27T13:48:03+11:00

20 JANUARY 2022 OCN talks to Dee Dee at 3AW about the news that Queenslanders living in apartments could be prevented from smoking on their balconies after a "game changing" decision to ban one unit owner from doing so after a complaint from an upstairs neighbour. The Office of the Commissioner for Body Corporate and Community Management's adjudicator ordered that the eighth-floor owner must no longer smoke tobacco products on the [...]

Queensland unit dwellers could be barred from smoking on balconies after landmark decision2022-01-27T13:48:03+11:00

Latest NCAT decision on by-laws affecting the keeping of animals

2021-03-10T19:32:41+11:00

9 MARCH 2021 - OCN Statement On 1 March 2021, NCAT senior member R C Titterton OAM handed down a decision in the matter of McGregor v The Owners – Strata Plan Nº 74896.   The building in which Mr McGregor and his partner live is part of a complex in Camperdown where each of the individual stratas is required to comply with the by-laws of the Community Management Statement for [...]

Latest NCAT decision on by-laws affecting the keeping of animals2021-03-10T19:32:41+11:00

Pets in Strata

2020-10-22T15:25:33+11:00

13 OCTOBER 2020 Listen to a radio segment recording from ABC Radio Sydney including an interview with Karen Stiles, Executive Officer of OCN,  discussing pets in strata. ABC Radio Sydney, Breakfast with Robbie Buck & Wendy Harmer.

Pets in Strata2020-10-22T15:25:33+11:00

Peak Body warns of unintended consequences of pet ban reversal

2020-10-20T11:37:02+11:00

13 OCTOBER 2020 A legal challenge to overturn a ban on keeping pets in apartments in NSW will have unintended consequences, strata owner advocates warn. The NSW Court of Appeal ruled blanket bans on pets in apartments were unlawful. Owners Corporation Network executive officer Karen Stiles warned the ruling would have far-reaching implications. “Strata is one of the fastest growing forms of housing. “Australians don’t seem to understand that along with [...]

Peak Body warns of unintended consequences of pet ban reversal2020-10-20T11:37:02+11:00
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