January 2024 – Strata Regulatory Watch

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In this edition we cover:

    • NSW: Changes to strata and community titles laws in NSW
    • NSW : The Mascot Towers case
    • Blog Post: Stratum Title – the manna of property title
    • QLD: BUGT and QLD strata law updates – January 2024
    • QLD Article: ‘Can our BC request evidence of an assistance dog when an owner or tenant applies for approval? Can we restrict where approved assistance dogs can go on common property?’
    • QLD :Queensland property developer fined for breach of BCCM Act
    • VIC : Planning Amendment VC250 – Gas Connections for New Dwellings
    • VIC : Revised ruling DA-064v2 – what does it mean?
    • VIC Article: ‘We manage a group of limited OC’s within a large estate. A member of one of the limited OC’s is seeking approval to change the outward appearance of their lot. As they are part of the unlimited OC, and at least one other limited OC, are they required to have their request approved by all the other OC’s for which they are a member of?’
    • VIC Article: ‘A member of my OC won’t pay their levies – should we start action in VCAT?’
    • WA: Supreme Court Decision – The Owners of Dolphin Apartments Mandurah Strata Plan 49518 v Poland Superannuation Pty Ltd [2023] WASC 452
    • Career opportunities
    • Industry News : ASCL Annual Conference

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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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