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Government Called on to Safeguard Financial Information Worth Billions From Cyber Crooks

OCN Executive Director2022-12-07T10:40:00+11:00

7 DECEMBER 2022 The New South Wales Government is being called on to provide assurances to the State’s one million plus apartment owners that confidential information required by the Government via its new Strata Hub cannot be accessed by cyber crooks, with the scheme’s deadline for compliance only weeks away. Read media release:> 221207 Government Called on to Safeguard Financial Information Worth Billions from Cyber Crooks

Government Called on to Safeguard Financial Information Worth Billions From Cyber CrooksOCN Executive Director2022-12-07T10:40:00+11:00

Sydney Apartment Investors Fear Debt Trap As Levies Skyrocket

OCN Executive Director2022-02-08T15:07:11+11:00

Investors from retirees to single mothers on low incomes fear losing their properties after their strata levies jumped from under $2000 per quarter to more than $10,000 for building repairs they had no say in approving. Bright and Duggan told the Herald it was appointed to do work that the owners’ corporation had “failed to undertake over many years with the highest priority of ensuring the building can be safely occupied”. Executive director [...]

Sydney Apartment Investors Fear Debt Trap As Levies SkyrocketOCN Executive Director2022-02-08T15:07:11+11:00

COVID-19: Neighbours of a Perth security guard not told of positive diagnosis

Sonya Acton2021-02-16T12:24:17+11:00

Neighbours of a Perth hotel security guard who tested positive to the mutant strain of COVID-19, say they weren't told of their potential exposure, only realising when the guard's roommates were taken away for testing. 7 News > Watch here

COVID-19: Neighbours of a Perth security guard not told of positive diagnosisSonya Acton2021-02-16T12:24:17+11:00

Sydney’s investor-grade towers crush their tenants and kill the city’s soul

Sonya Acton2021-01-04T12:21:28+11:00

The small red car was illegally parked. A handwritten note read, “No power when we got home. No parks outside. Call Adrian…” That was from the night before, when it all began. Since early evening I’d had no hot water. Now, at 10am, I was locked out myself, barefoot, unwashed, on the street, in a thunderstorm, staring at the kerbside evidence of collective frustration. Not because I’d forgotten my keys, but [...]

Sydney’s investor-grade towers crush their tenants and kill the city’s soulSonya Acton2021-01-04T12:21:28+11:00

Electric Sliding Gates – Safety Alert

Sonya Acton2020-12-14T10:06:11+11:00

14 DECEMBER 2020 Do you live or work in a in a building with electric sliding gates? These gates can be dangerous –SafeWork NSW has been investigating two fatalities that resulted from large electric gates falling on workers, as well as multiple other serious incidents. Any damage or wear to parts of electric sliding gates creates a risk, so they require regular inspection and maintenance to keep you, your visitors and [...]

Electric Sliding Gates – Safety AlertSonya Acton2020-12-14T10:06:11+11:00

FlatChat Podcast: Olympics, Emails, Wheel Clamps

admin2020-10-04T22:39:18+11:00

29 SEPTEMBER 2020 Karen Stiles, Executive Officer of the Owners Corporation Network, joins Flat Chat Wrap Podcast 93 – Olympics, Emails, Wheel Clamps They discuss the push to keep apartment owners’ email addresses secret, and demands for a return of wheel clamping for rogue parkers. Karen talks to Jimmy Thomson from 12 mins 30 secs into recording. > Listen Here

FlatChat Podcast: Olympics, Emails, Wheel Clampsadmin2020-10-04T22:39:18+11:00

Mascot Towers owners seek $15m from developer of neighbouring building

admin2020-09-21T21:52:33+10:00

29 MAY 2020 The owners of Sydney's Mascot Towers are claiming more than $15 million in damages from the developer of a neighbouring building they allege is responsible for major cracks appearing in the apartment complex they were forced to evacuate almost a year ago. Fair Trading is also investigating the certification work on Peak Towers, which was developed by Aland Developments and neighbours the 132-unit Mascot Towers in Sydney's inner-south. [...]

Mascot Towers owners seek $15m from developer of neighbouring buildingadmin2020-09-21T21:52:33+10:00

Call for apartment guidelines to contain virus

admin2020-09-21T22:06:32+10:00

31 March 2020 High-density apartment buildings are at risk of becoming hotspots for coronavirus infection, akin to cruise ships, unless there are firm and uniform government directives on hygiene, experts say. Strata lawyer Amanda Farmer of Lawyers Chambers said despite a raft of new regulations and measures on social distancing, specific guidelines for strata residents and managers had been overlooked. In the City of Sydney Council area alone, 80 per cent [...]

Call for apartment guidelines to contain virusadmin2020-09-21T22:06:32+10:00

Strata experts call for clear virus rules

admin2020-09-21T22:07:01+10:00

27 March 2020 Apartment buildings teeming with residents staying at home due to the coronavirus pandemic have experts warning of "cruise ships on land". It's prompted an urgent call for government guidelines on Australian strata properties to prevent high-density outbreaks of COVID-19. Channel 7 Christine McGinn > Full article on Channel 7

Strata experts call for clear virus rulesadmin2020-09-21T22:07:01+10:00

One year on, Opal Tower still a construction zone

admin2020-08-31T17:16:23+10:00

18 December 2019 On Christmas Eve last year, Jenny (not her real name) carried her baby down to the ground floor after being told to evacuate Opal Tower, moments after she heard a loud bang while she was in her apartment. "They told us all to "back off, back off"," she said. "The police said the building was going to fall down and that we had to walk away from the building." [...]

One year on, Opal Tower still a construction zoneadmin2020-08-31T17:16:23+10:00

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