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News and Articles From Strata Community Association NSW

Ethics drives excellence for Strata Services Business winner

February 27, 2018 No Comments

The 2017 winner of the CHU Strata Community Awards category for Strata Services Business, Havencab wants to encourage other strata services to enter the awards for 2018. Frank Boross, Havencab’s

Deadline Looming for Window Safety Device Compliance for Strata Buildings

February 27, 2018 No Comments

The 13 March 2018 deadline for buildings to comply with the requirements of the Strata Scheme Management Amendment Act 2013 is approaching quickly. Industry reports indicate that many strata buildings

City Futures needs your help with research

February 22, 2018 No Comments

Calling all Airbnb hosts in Sydney and Melbourne Are you an Airbnb host in Sydney or Melbourne, or have you considered advertising a property in these cities on Airbnb? If

NSW Fair Trading and SCA (NSW) update: window locks, cladding, legislative reviews

February 4, 2018 No Comments

SCA (NSW) regularly meets with representatives from NSW Fair Trading and they also attend our Strata Managers Chapter Committee meetings (previously the Professional Standards and Education Committees) to discuss various

Muriel Barasso receives Medal of the Order of Australia

January 30, 2018 No Comments

One of Strata Community Australia (NSW)’s founders, Muriel Barasso, was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to the industry during the Australia Day honours announced

Stronger measures required in NSW to reduce the risk of fatalities in a home fire

January 17, 2018 No Comments

Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) today (Wednesday, 17 January) released the findings of two new research reports to help reduce the number of fatalities in residential fires in NSW. Research was

Meet the 2017 Max Dunn Award winner: Scott Martin

January 16, 2018 No Comments

The Max Dunn Award was created following the passing of former ISTM President Max Dunn in 1998. Max was one of those people who was a leader and friend to

Buildings with combustible cladding

December 20, 2017 No Comments

SCA (NSW) met with representatives from the Fire Safety and External Wall Cladding Taskforce early last week for an update on the inter-agency approach being taken to identify buildings with

Meet the 2017 President’s Award winner: Christine Byrne

December 6, 2017 No Comments

Each year at the Annual Convention gala dinner the SCA (NSW) Board presents three very prestigious awards to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the strata industry. One of

Online portal testing completed

November 8, 2017 No Comments

SCA (NSW) members, including Senior Vice President, Daniel Linders, tested the new strata building bond and inspections scheme online portal at the request of NSW Fair Trading in a session

SCA (NSW) Director profile: David Wellman

November 8, 2017 No Comments

David Wellman is one of two new Directors to step onto the SCA (NSW) Board after being elected to represent the Strata Manager (Licensed) Chapter at the recent Annual General

Speech by Andrew Gavrielatos, A/Commissioner for Fair Trading

October 25, 2017 No Comments

The following is a copy of the speech given at the Strata Community Australia (NSW) Annual Convention on Thursday 19 October 2017 by Andrew Gavrielatos, A/Commissioner for Fair Trading NSW: