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01 Jul 2020 01:40 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

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01 May 2020 01:39 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

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01 Apr 2020 01:38 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

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01 Mar 2020 01:37 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

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01 Feb 2020 01:33 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

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01 Dec 2019 01:31 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

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01 Nov 2019 01:30 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

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19.10 Owners corporation bill

01 Oct 2019 01:29 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

The long-awaited Owners' Corporation (OC) Amendment Bill has been introduced into parliament.

The most significant change, and one we had been advocating for, is the creation of tiers of OC relating to the size of the development.

The OC Act 2006 failed to distinguish between small and large develop...

19.09 Small print shrinks state cladding fund

01 Sep 2019 01:28 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

Premier Daniel Andrews' cladding fund might be able to help a tiny percentage of apartment buildings with dangerous cladding.

The small print in the recent Victorian Building Authority (VBA) report explained that more than half the headline-grabbing $300 million fund would be earmarked to fix the cla...

2019.08

01 Aug 2019 01:27 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

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19.07 Apartment catastrophes ignored

01 Jul 2019 01:26 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

Every day we read of more apartment catastrophes created by builders with the tacit acquiescence of governments:

19.06 Bill defects need to be fixed

01 Jun 2019 01:24 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

As we sifted through the exposure draft of the Owners Corporations and Other Acts Amendments Bill released by Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) we found quite a few issues.

19.05 More support for OCs in the new Bill

01 May 2019 10:39 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

Apartment residents, the hotel industry and developers of high-rise apartment buildings are under threat unless the State Government acts.

19.04 Owners corporation law time's up

01 Apr 2019 01:20 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

The state government is under increasing pressure to amend the outdated Owners Corporation Act 2006. Its long-awaited review of the Act is now more than a year overdue, based on its own promises.

19.03 Cladding, short-stays and rooming

01 Mar 2019 01:06 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

As evacuees trudged out of the CBD high-rise building that caught fire in February, the media stepped in to interview the victims of this alarming incident that has been blamed on combustible cladding.

19.02 Cladding confusion continues

01 Feb 2019 01:05 AM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

We Live Here has been inundated with complaints that it has been almost impossible to get accurate, consistent information about cladding and how to address the issue.

17.12 Open letter to the Premier of Victoria

01 Dec 2018 12:00 PM By We Live Here - Comment(s)

Dear Mr Andrews, On Friday December 8, your government is required to table a response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Owners Corporations Amendment (Short-stay Accommodation) Bill 2016.