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South East Queensland Restrictions Extended

The Queensland Government has announced on Saturday that South East Queensland will have their restrictions extended for 7 days. SCA (Qld) recommends members follow the advice as per the Queensland Health website. The extended restrictions only apply for the following Government areas Brisbane Logan Moreton Bay Ipswich Redlands Sunshine Coast Gold Coast Noosa Somerset Lockyer Valley Scenic Rim.…

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MONITORED FIRE ALARMS IN QLD – QFES FEES RELEASED

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) has released its Annual Alarm Management Charge (AMC) for the 2021-2022 financial year. These charges relate to the automatic fire alarm monitoring service it provides, which immediately notifies QFES when a fire system is triggered. Except for the Contractor Service Call Out Charges and the cost of alarm equipment…

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Considerations for Bodies Corporate when it comes to EV Charging

Electric vehicles are growing in popularity and decreasing in cost. What does this mean for Bodies Corporate? This means that they have a choice: to either confront the issue now or to wait and try and resolve the issue when it becomes ripe. Ideally, Bodies Corporate should have a plan. Put simply by Alan Lakein,…

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Calling all Strata Champions

Is strata suffering from a leadership crisis… Why is it so difficult to get strata buildings to make decisions on anything but routine or emergency issues?  Many strata stakeholders are frustrated by it but there are few solutions.  In this article I revisit some older research that considers the idea of finding, cultivating, and encouraging…

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