Links to all the best strata and related industry news from May 2021
Queensland
Top 20 Gold Coast Development Projects
Direct Rentals submits an updated application to allow for 24 units to holiday-let
National
What will the federal government’s $10 billion reinsurance pool mean for you?
Unit prices rise in Australia’s ‘international’ cities, despite rental slump
Apartment worm farm pilot underway
Residents of Rockdale Plaza residential complex forced out due to Ausgrid substation upgrade
Multiple Victorian residents seemingly required to display QR code outside their homes
Apartment complex passes smoke-free by-law
Cladding/Defects
Mascot Towers shopkeepers at odds with owners who want to sell
St Kilda apartment building evacuated over combustible cladding fears
Fair Trading inspectors find ‘structural issues’ at major Sydney apartment development
Tenants fury over combustible cladding evacuation order delay for St Kilda apartment building
Insolvent Bondi Junction builder given $4.8m repair bill
Pets
Pet Advice: ‘Extreme’ fears over pet ownership boom of dogs and cats
General/Other
Yackandandah’s community battery may not be ‘big’ but it’s enough to ‘petrify’ energy providers