unfair contracts Archives - Owners Corporation Network

Watchdog promises report as NetStrata probe continues

Shari Driver - Chief Executive Officer - OCN2025-03-10T12:17:29+11:00

On 28 January 2025, Insurance News reported that "Groups including the Owners Corporation Network have called for the urgent release of the report summary. “Consumers expect transparency and to know that due process has been followed. The NSW government needs to quell the concerns that have been raised by the ABC article,” network CEO Shari Driver said. “Everyone needs to have certainty and confidence in the management of the strata industry.” [...]

Watchdog promises report as NetStrata probe continuesShari Driver - Chief Executive Officer - OCN2025-03-10T12:17:29+11:00

IPART Review of Embedded Networks in NSW

OCN Executive Director2024-01-30T15:54:35+11:00

OCN made a submission on the protections needed for strata owners and tenants where developers install an embedded network. Read submission:>OCN Submission - IPART Draft Report on Embedded Networks January 2024 Related content:> https://ocn.org.au/inquiry-into-embedded-networks-in-nsw/

IPART Review of Embedded Networks in NSWOCN Executive Director2024-01-30T15:54:35+11:00

Inquiry into Embedded Networks in NSW – OCN Testimony

OCN Executive Director2024-04-05T12:59:28+11:00

OCN was invited to appear before the parliamentary Inquiry into embedded networks in NSW.

Inquiry into Embedded Networks in NSW – OCN TestimonyOCN Executive Director2024-04-05T12:59:28+11:00

Inquiry into Embedded Networks in NSW

OCN Executive Director2023-10-08T18:15:27+11:00

OCN made a brief submission opposing contracts entered into by developers which simply shift the cost of core infrastructure to apartment purchasers, lock them into long term contracts, and deprive them of choice.

Inquiry into Embedded Networks in NSWOCN Executive Director2023-10-08T18:15:27+11:00

Embedded Networks

OCN Executive Director2022-11-11T14:46:57+11:00

1 MAY 2022 The Owners Corporation Network (OCN) opposes embedded network contracts entered into by the developer of the apartment building. Read Policy:> OCN Policy - Embedded Networks May 2022

Embedded NetworksOCN Executive Director2022-11-11T14:46:57+11:00

Relief for Residents Locked Out of Own Reception After Bitter Dispute

OCN Executive Director2022-03-21T11:47:26+11:00

A 25-year contract originally sold by developer Meriton for hundreds of thousands of dollars, giving another company exclusive rights for property management and letting services in one of their multi-storey apartment complexes, has been cancelled by a tribunal in a first for NSW. Apartment residents who successfully challenged the contract that earned Meriton an extra $310,000, in a practice that is now outlawed by the NSW Government, and which tied the [...]

Relief for Residents Locked Out of Own Reception After Bitter DisputeOCN Executive Director2022-03-21T11:47:26+11:00