On 27 February 2025, OCN provided a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Volunteering in Queensland. OCN urged the inquiry to consider the role of body corporate (strata) volunteers.
OCN is seeking a fundamental change in how strata schemes operate in Queensland. Reflecting the government’s perspective, if volunteers are critical to the delivery of essential services, including public safety and disaster response then the role of strata managers together with volunteers in body corporate (strata) is therefore essential to living in Queensland. Yet strata is often overlooked in Government mechanisms for change. OCN is advocating for:
- Regulation of strata managing agents and building managers
- Inclusion of tenants (occupiers) in body corporate functioning
- Adequate resourcing of Queensland regulators to enforce body corporate law
OCN knows that dysfunctional behaviour in strata creates chaos and negatively impacts property values. OCN is advocating for capacity building of strata owners as key volunteers in the Queensland economy including:
- Supporting more owner education around office bearer roles, asset management and building defects, insurance contracts, commissions and owner behaviour
- Emergency preparedness for strata owners
- Encouraging a strata industry that is appropriately qualified, trained and respected for supporting the role of body corporates
Read Submission:> 20250227 – OCN Submission – QLD Parliamentary Enquiry – Volunteering
