April 2026 – STRATA INSITE Newsletter

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In the April 2026 edition of STRATA INSITE we cover:

FEATURED ARTICLES:

  • NSW Strata Commissions Review: What the Productivity Commission’s Final Report Means for the Industry

UPDATES AND ARTICLES FROM OUR TEAM

  • NSW: NSW Strata regulatory updates: 5 Key Changes
  • NSW: New training requirement for strata committees
  • NSW: NSW Strata Information Certificates: Key Changes from 1 April 2026
  • NSW: NSW capital works fund plans and initial maintenance schedule changes: 1 April 2026
  • NSW: NSW Cooling-Off Notice Update
  • QLD Article: Conduct of general meetings in Queensland – dealing with business outside of the meeting agenda
  • QLD: Home Warranty Insurance and community titles schemes
  • QLD: Administrator’s Costs – How to Make the Responsible Party Pay
  • QLD: The Legend of Atlantis – Management Rights Agreements can only be topped up once.
  • QLD: Engaging a Contractor in Queensland: what to check before you sign
  • QLD: Meet Queensland’s new planning authority for apartments… your neighbours.
  • QLD: New Online Resources from the Commissioner’s Office
  • VIC Article: Latent Defect Insurance: A Longer-Term Safety Net
  • VIC Article: The Developer Bond Scheme: A New Safety Net for Apartment Buyers
  • VIC: When VCAT Isn’t an Option: The Interstate Respondent Problem
  • WA: Recovery of costs in SAT proceedings – hourly rates for self-represented parties?
  • WA: Conflicts of interest – council members of strata companies in Western Australia

Q&A’s

  • How can we stop our caretaker from restricting our short term guests’ accessing common facilities?

If you have a question that you would like answered, please submit it to info@bagl.com.au.

A huge thank you to all the Bugden Allen team for providing such an insightful and comprehensive newsletter 🙂

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David Bugden

Group CEO

David has over 20 years of experience in the Australian and international property and technology sectors.

David started his career in Sydney as a property lawyer, working for a firm that specialised in strata and community titles. He has also run large property services businesses, including a 25,000-lot strata management business in Sydney and Perth and a multi-disciplined real estate agency in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Most of David’s career has been running innovative cloud-based technology companies that provide solutions to the global strata and property industries.

Before joining Bugden Allen, David was Chief Commercial Officer for ASX-listed Urbanise.com, a leading cloud-based strata management and FM platform. David ran the largest division of the company and was responsible for the strategy, product, sales, marketing, and customer support for their global Strata platform. In June 2015, Urbanise acquired David’s technology business Mystrata, which was a global leader in cloud-based management and accounting solutions for strata properties which he successfully ran for 12 years.

David holds degrees in law and commerce from Bond University and was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

As the Group CEO for Bugden Allen and their subsidiary technology company PropLaw Tech Solutions, David is responsible for the strategic leadership of the firm and running the services and technology businesses that support our innovative growth plans.

David Bugden

David Bugden

GROUP CEO

David has over 20 years of experience in the Australian and international property and technology sectors. David started his career in Sydney as a property lawyer, working for a firm that specialised in strata and community titles. He has also run large property services businesses, including a 25,000-lot strata management...

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Written by David Bugden
Group CEO

David has over 20 years of experience in the Australian and international property and technology sectors.

David started his career in Sydney as a property lawyer, working for a firm that specialised in strata and community titles. He has also run large property services businesses, including a 25,000-lot strata management business in Sydney and Perth and a multi-disciplined real estate agency in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Most of David’s career has been running innovative cloud-based technology companies that provide solutions to the global strata and property industries.

Before joining Bugden Allen, David was Chief Commercial Officer for ASX-listed Urbanise.com, a leading cloud-based strata management and FM platform. David ran the largest division of the company and was responsible for the strategy, product, sales, marketing, and customer support for their global Strata platform. In June 2015, Urbanise acquired David’s technology business Mystrata, which was a global leader in cloud-based management and accounting solutions for strata properties which he successfully ran for 12 years.

David holds degrees in law and commerce from Bond University and was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

As the Group CEO for Bugden Allen and their subsidiary technology company PropLaw Tech Solutions, David is responsible for the strategic leadership of the firm and running the services and technology businesses that support our innovative growth plans.

David Bugden
Written by David Bugden GROUP CEO

David has over 20 years of experience in the Australian and international property and technology sectors. David started his career in Sydney as a property lawyer,...

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