Hurrah!!! NSW has a new Strata Minister

Well we’ve changed government in NSW and that means new people in charge of everything (including Strata Land).

So, let’s all welcome the new Minister for Fair Trading (the NSW government department that covers strata title and strata managers) …. The Honourable Anthony Roberts.

He’s the member for Lane Cove (a part of Sydney that has always had apartments but is undergoing pressure to increase density).  But, he’s new to being a Minister and has never been involved in strata.

So, Anthony has a lot to learn and even more to deal with to do a good job for strata stakeholders.

I’m on his side and urge everyone to do the same by telling him what he doesn’t know (and more) and giving him a chance to find out what he needs to know and make some decisions about what to do.  Anthony will already have a challenge with Clover Moore who’s been all over inner city strata issues for a few years now and introduced a private members bill to reform strata laws in late 2010 (which she will presumably try to pursue this year).

It’s interesting times with many opportunities in NSW right now.

See you on the hustings soon.

Francesco …