Clover Moore Reforms NSW Strata

The Hon. Clover Moore MP is the Mayor of Sydney and Member for Sydney in the NSW Government.

And since her electorate is inner city and contains many strata schemes (some very  prominent) she has been more interested in strata title matters than many other politicians.

So interested in fact that in 2009 Clover Moore launched a campaign to introduce a private members bill to the NSW parliament to reform strata title laws.  So far that’s involved –

• Distributing a discussion paper – contact me for a copy
• Holding a public form at Parliament House in October 2009
• Speaking directly with key industry stakeholders for feedback on reform issues
• Working with lawyers, Makinson & d’Apice to analyse legal issues & prepare documents
• Submitting a request to parliamentary counsel to prepare a draft bill 

Her latest news on the topic says that –

• She is still working on a series of bills to update strata to improve transparency, amenity, management and dispute resolution
• Substantial drafting is needed
• She hopes the bill will be ready by the end of the year

If you would like to receive a copy of the bill when it is available, contact her office on 02 9360 3053.

But, the process is slow but moving forwards.  And, probably, the NSW state election in 2011 will adversely impact her plans.

But, at this stage the likely areas for proposed reform by Clover Moore are –

• Banning original owners from executive committee and
• management positions
• Improving disclosure requirements
• Introduce a Code of Conduct for executive
• committee members
• Giving residents and prospective owners
• better access to documents
• More Tribunal more power to resolve problems
• Measures to prevent overcrowding

Regardless of all the and others’ criticisms … I say go for it Clover and fix those strata laws!!!

Francesco …