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This website does not have any desire or intent to add own comments and therefore it is up to anybody to make up their own conclusions based on evidence and statements by others who did it in public forums, in courts, or elsewhere. All files on this website were provided to Fair Trading NSW, Office of legal Services Commissioner, NCAT, Supreme Court, and Police. The same files were repeatedly sent to Solicitor Adrian Mueller, committee members and strata managers - silence is their response.
Public is voicing strong concerns about problems with Tribunals. Issues with strata complexes and dubious quality of services provided by those who should enforce laws are common and frequent - examples: NSW-Civil-Tribunal-failing-to-deliver-services
Democracy should be the leading avenue for managing strata complexes. But, democracy requires high level of sense and ethics, and right for all owners to have full access to strata files in order to make informed decisions. And when that does not happen, how to proceed? One way is to educate public and rise awareness that license to be a strata manager is one of the easiest in any industry: Strata Community Australia (SCA) are offering a three-day course on qualifying to be a strata manager with no prior educational requirements (apparently educational requirements are fulfilled by completing the course).
Since 1 February 2017, when Waratah Strata Management took office, no ordinary meeting satisfied regulations and requirements as defined by SSMA 2015 and Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW).
In spite of direct questions, Waratah Strata Management failed to provide a means that demonstrates the date of posting and delivery, such as a registered, express, or other tracked postal or courier service. Waratah Strata Management stayed silent and provided no evidence to Fair Trading NSW, NCAT, Office of Legal Services Commissioner (owner's submissions for professional misconduct by Solicitor Adrian Mueller, and Supreme Court).
Four cases were opened with Australia Post since 2019 and each time there was a resounding statement that no evidence of lost letters were detected or recorded for Lot 158.
Strata Plan SP52948 committee meeting dated 1 March 2017, as organised by Waratah Strata Management, did not satisfy requirements of Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (SSMA), Schedule 2, Section 4 (1) and (2), and section 7, and Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW). It was admitted by Director Mr. Robert Crosbie himself.
As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed.
Waratah Strata Management allowed four non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year).
Agenda was created on 13 April 2017 and scheduled for 20 April 2019. Excluding date of creation and meeting date, ONLY four days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015.
Waratah Strata Management allowed four non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year).
Strata Plan SP52948 committee meeting dated 30 June 2017, as organised by Waratah Strata Management, did not satisfy requirements of Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (SSMA), Schedule 2, Section 4 (1) and (2), and section 7, and Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW). This was confirmed in minutes of meeting 20 July 2017:
Agenda was not sent to any owner, notice boards did not announce this meeting, and minutes of the meeting were not sent to any owner.
Waratah Strata Management allowed two non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
NCAT-case-20/33352-SP52948-brief-log-of-events-related-to-elevator-maintenance-and-replacement-contract-in-three-periods-2005-2017-and-2018 (tenders without evidence, delayed repairs, contracts approved without having any paperwork).
Without sending notice of the meeting to any owner, committee had paper meeting on 30 June 2017, allegedly making a decision to enter into elevator maintenance contract with Liftronics without tender or any competitive quotes. Minutes of committee meeting on 20 July 2017 confirmed that the paper meeting on 30 June 2017 was non-compliant with strata regulations. Committee members and Waratah Strata Management were fully aware that seven-year contract with Thyssen Krupp was being terminated on 30 June 2017, as per Motion 6 in minutes of committee meeting three months earlier on 16 March 2017.
Waratah Strata Management hide information about unfinancial committee members: SP52948-committee-member-Marianna-Paltikian-unfinancial-to-vote-7May2020 SP52948-levy-arrears-for-committee-members-at-meeting-that-decided-to-grant-elevator-contract-to-Liftronics-without-general-meeting-or-details-of-contract-20Jul2017.
Only once Waratah Strata Management informed owners about committee members not being allowed to vote:
SP52948-committee-member-Marianna-Paltikian-unfinancial-to-vote-7May2020
Agenda was created on 13 July 2017 and scheduled for 20 July 2019. Excluding date of creation and meeting date, ONLY four days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015.
Waratah Strata Management allowed four non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year).
Agenda was created on 22 September 2017 and scheduled for 28 September 2017. Excluding date of creation and meeting date, ONLY three days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management allowed three non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year).
Agenda was created on 7 February 2018 and scheduled for 15 February 2018. Excluding date of creation and meeting date, ONLY five days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015.
Waratah Strata Management allowed four non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year).
Agenda was created on 18 March 2019 and scheduled for 21 March 2019. Excluding date of creation and meeting date, ONLY two days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management allowed three non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year).
Agenda was created on 26 April 2019 and scheduled for 2 May 2019. Excluding date of creation and meeting date, ONLY two days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management allowed three non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year).
Agenda was created on 14 June 2019 and scheduled for 20 June 2019. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY three days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management allowed three non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year).
Agenda was created on 30 August 2019 and scheduled for 5 September 2019. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY three days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management allowed three non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year).
Strata Plan SP52948 Annual General Meeting 2019, as organised by Waratah Strata Management, did not satisfy requirements of Strata Schemes Management Act 2015 (SSMA), Schedule 1, Section 4 (1) and (3), and section 7, and Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW):
The “postal” rule which used to provide that a document served by post was deemed served on the fourth (4th) working day, has been amended to now provide that a document is deemed served on the seventh (7th) working day after the day of postage.
This amendment was effected by Schedule 1.18 of the Justice Legislation Amendment Bill (No 3) 2018 (NSW) which amends section 76(1)(b) of the Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) (“IA”) and was assented to on 28 November 2018.
Under the Strata Schemes Management Act, 2015 (NSW), the notice period for a general meeting (other than the first) is seven (7) days. In addition to this seven (7) day period, allowance must also be made for the postal rule, which is a further seven (7) day period. The day of postage cannot be included nor can the day of the meeting itself (Section 36 of the IA) – in other words, those days must be left clear and not be counted in either the postal or strata period. The seven (7) day postal rule is for seven (7) working days – working days are not public holidays, bank holidays in the state to which the agenda applies, Saturdays or Sundays.
Agenda was created on 30 September 2019 and scheduled for 17 October 2019. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Waratah Strata Management allowed three non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year).
SP52948-statutory-declaration-for-NCAT-case-20/33352-which-Waratah-Strata-Management-refused-to-provide-to-owners-Aug2020 contains more details of misconduct of AGM 2019.
Agenda was created on 7 February 2020 and scheduled for 13 February 2020. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY three days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management allowed three non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 7 March 2020 and scheduled for 12 March 2020. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY four days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Paper committee meeting was scheduled for 12 March 2020 at 16:00 hours but actual meeting happened five days later, without any updated given to owners, on 17 March 2020 at 09:00 hours (time-warped event).
Owners corporation declined to attend free-of-costs mediation in Fair Trading NSW case 00351498 on 17 March 2020, without providing owners with details of the case, or giving owners copy of the mediation request.
On 25 March 2020, Lot 158 sent the following email to Waratah Strata Management, which was never tabled in minutes of any meeting or shared with owners. Th Subject line of the email was:
“SUMMARY: Waratah Strata Management refusal to notify owners about critical issues including fair Trading Mediation and expired contract with Waratah Strata Management”.
Waratah Strata Management allowed three non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 1 May 2020 and scheduled for 7 May 2020. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY three days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Solicitors failed to comply with alleged decision at this meeting, and owners were never informed about it:
Waratah Strata Management allowed three non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 8 July 2020 and scheduled for 16 July 2020. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY five days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management allowed three non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 4 September 2020 and scheduled for 10 September 2020. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY three days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management allowed three non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 5 November 2020 and scheduled for 11 November 2020. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY three days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
At this meeting, just few weeks after Annual General Meeting, Mr. Moses Levitt resigned as member of the committee. Solicitor Adrian Mueller, Waratah Strata Management, and committee members failed to notify NCAT in case SC 20/33352 about this event, and made Hearing on 11 February 2021 void due to false statement by Solicitor Adrian Mueller that all six members of the committee were still valid.
Waratah Strata Management allowed three non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 29 January 2021 and scheduled for 4 February 2021. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY three days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management allowed two non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 21 April 2021 and scheduled for 29 April 2021. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY three days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management allowed two non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 11 July 2021 and scheduled for 15 July 2021. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY three days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management allowed two non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 17 September 2021 and scheduled for 23 September 2021. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY three days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management allowed two non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 25 November 2021 and scheduled for 1 December 2021. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY three days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management allowed two non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 7 February 2022 and scheduled for 10 February 2022. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY two days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Notice of paper committee meeting, without designated venue was published on notice boards as late as 13:30 hours on 8 February 2022, and scheduled for 10 February 2022, without venue and time. Solicitor Adrian Mueller was requested to respond about this meeting and he declined.
Owners were prevented from having any information about Solicitor Adrian Mueller and his work in agenda for the meeting, which failed to disclose actions related to NCAT case SC 20/33352.
Minutes of the committee meeting were not published on notice boards. Lot 158 has photo evidence.
Minutes did not provide any information to owners about Solicitor Adrian Mueller’s actions and confirmed that offers by Lot 158 (including request to maintain common property) were ignored.
Waratah Strata Management allowed two non-financial owners to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 25 February 2022 and scheduled for 3 March 2022. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, ONLY three days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Committee Meeting on 3 March 2022 did not disclose the expenses accrued by Solicitor Adrian Mueller.
Lot 158 requested that owners be notified about current status of NCAT case and Solicitor’s engagement, but Waratah Strata Management and committee members declined. Legal costs had six versions of total expenses for Solicitor Adrian Mueller’s alleged work. This was proposed to the committee for inclusion in the Agenda on the meeting scheduled for 3 March 2022, but not allowed by Waratah Strata Management.
Agenda for the committee meeting had no details of Solicitor Adrian Mueller and Supreme Court case for legal costs recovery.
Solicitor Adrian Mueller was requested to respond about this meeting and he attempted to justify it in email to Supreme Court Costs Assessor on 20 April 2022.
Supreme Court Costs Assessor accepted non-compliant meetings as valid:
Lot 158 responded with these notes and Solicitor stayed silent:
It is noted that Costs Applicant did not respond to the submissions of the Costs Respondent dated 5 April 2022 which included three attachments (email by the Costs Applicant does not answer or provide the information being sought even for Costs Respondent’s submission with 19 attachments dated 31 March 2022 is taken into account):Owners were prevented from having any information about Solicitor Adrian Mueller and his work in agenda for the meeting, which failed to disclose actions related to NCAT case SC 20/33352.
Minutes did not provide any information to owners about Solicitor Adrian Mueller’s actions and confirmed that offers by Lot 158 (including request to maintain common property) were ignored.
Waratah Strata Management allowed one non-financial owner to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 10 May 2022 and scheduled for 12 May 2022. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, NO DAYS were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Waratah Strata Management website did not contain schedule for the meeting on 10 May 2022:
Notice boards in Block A, B,C, and D on 10 May 2022 dod not publish information about this meeting (photos taket at 20:15 hours in the evening):
Waratah Strata Management allowed one non-financial owner to be on the committee and vote, in spite of knowledge of unpaid levies for gas heating (including 10% simple interest per each year):
SP52948 extract from alleged committee meeting confirming unpaid levies but not disclosing full scale of outstanding debt for gas heating usage on 30 June 2017:
Motion 14 at Annual General Meeting on 17 October 2019:
Agenda was created on 26 July 2022 and scheduled for 28 July 2022. Excluding date of creation, meeting date, and the weekend, NO DAYS were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Owners did not receive any information about double charging for alleged Solicitor Adrian Mueller's costs: from Lot 158 and insurance company. Accounting statement showed that insurance company was still not reimbursed for legal costs.
Admin Fund had negative balance of $61,290.57 on 28 July 2022, 3 days before next collection of levies on 1 August 2022 (owners did not receive any information about financial status).
Waratah Strata Management website did not contain schedule for the meeting on 28 July 2022:
Waratah Strata Management website lists only one committee meeting for whole 2022, screenshot taken on 28 July 2022:
Agenda was created on 26 September 2022 and scheduled for 29 September 2022. Excluding date of creation and meeting date, only two days were allowed for delivery of notice to all owners. As per Strata Roll dated 31 January 2017, more than 32% of owners had requested postal delivery of notices – that figure is hidden from owners by Waratah Strata Management in subsequent years.
Agenda was not detailed, as required by SSMA 2015 and was not sent to Lot 158.
Agenda was put on notice boards at around 13:00 hours on 26 September 2022.
Owners did not receive any information about double charging for alleged Solicitor Adrian Mueller's costs: from Lot 158 and insurance company. Accounting statement appears to show that insurance company was still not reimbursed for legal costs.
Insurance expired on 21 September 2022 and Admin Fund contained no information of the renewal.
Waratah Strata Management website did not contain schedule for the meeting on 26 September 2022:
Balance sheet presented in the agenda displayed status on 31 August 2022 for Admin Fund as $68,149.95 and Capital Works Fund as $1,364,899.11, whilst the real status on the day notice was sent on 26 September 2022, Admin Fund had $61,907.28 and Capital Works Fund had $1,093,954.86.