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Number of SP52948 owners, tenants, and investors expressed gratitude towards this website as that was the only way to gain access to lot of critical information, which is not available in minutes and notices of meetings, or on Waratah Strata website.
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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:
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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).
Roaming cat has been observed number of times in the complex - freely walking without control, potentially endangering wildlife. Photos taken on 11 March 2022 and 5 August 2022:
Same cat was witnessed near building manager's office on 29 August 2022:
On 24 January 2023, notice appeared accross the complex about missing cat that was allowed to roam freely in the complex:
Few weeks afterwards, an unknown cage was detected in grass patch between Block A and townhouses on 8 February 2023, with full knowledge of Uniqueco Property Services staff:
An unknown cage was again detected in grass patch between Block A and townhouses on 14 February 2023 (this time it was more hidden in the bush), with full knowledge of Uniqueco Property Services staff:
Another free-roaming cat was detected near townhouses on 4 April 2023, posing direct threat to wildlife:
Free-roaming cat was detected near letterboxes on 11 May 2023, posing direct threat to wildlife:
An unknown cage was again detected in grass patch behind Block A on 24 May 2023, with full knowledge of Uniqueco Property Services staff who happily walked around most of the morning:
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On 26 May 2023, two unknown cages were occupying common property: one behind Block A and one near letterboxes, with full knowledge of Uniqueco Property Services staff:
On 5 June 2023, a cage was occupying common property near letterboxes, with full knowledge of Uniqueco Property Services staff:
On 19 June 2023, cat was found freely romain near letterboxes and in visitors carpark area:
Videos confirm it too:
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Another cat was observed freely roaming in the complex number of times, as example from 10 February 2025 showed:
Cat was observed freely roaming in the complex on 16 February 2025:
Environment Minister James Griffin said nationally, domestic cats kill about 390 million animals every year in Australia, including mammals, reptiles and birds:
Another 48 native species including butterflies, geckos and crayfish have been added to Australia’s list of wildlife at risk of annihilation, spurring a new plan to cut the deadly feral cat population and exposing the challenge of delivering the government’s pledge to stop extinctions.
The draft cat plan released by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to mark National Threatened Species Day on Thursday is “declaring war on feral cats”. Her first step is seeking feedback on curfews for pet cats to be inside at night, desexing requirements and a household limit on number of cats.
Australia is a world leader in wildlife losses. Since colonisation, about 100 of the country’s unique flora and fauna species have become extinct, with untold losses of invertebrates. The rate of loss has not slowed over the past 200 years.
Scientists and local councils across Australia are uniting to introduce laws that would contain cats to the home and create 'cat-free' suburbs to try and stop almost 400 million native animals being killed a year.
At a cat symposium in Perth this week (February 2023), scientists reiterated the massive toll cats take on native animals.
They said many people did not understand that domestic cats, as well as feral cats, were responsible for the devastation.
Australian National University wildlife ecologist Sarah Legge estimated pet cats killed over 340 million native animals a year.
"For a start, there's actually more pet cats in the country than there are feral cats so we have over five million pet cats but … a bit over two million feral cats," Professor Legge said.
Cat was observed freely roaming in the complex behind townhouses on 12 March 2025:
Cat was observed freely roaming in the complex behind townhouses on 16 April 2025: