OCN

Government Lobby

The role of the OCN is to facilitate the ongoing improvement of living in and/or investing in large strata title buildings.  The OCN will focus on facilitating necessary changes to government policy and legislation.  Furthermore, the OCN strives to educate Owners Corporation Executive Committees and individuals through sharing experiences and disseminating information from relevant documentation and related organizations.

To achieve the objective of  facilitating necessary changes to government policy and legislation, OCN endeavours to lobby appropriate government agencies through direct and indirect communications including submissions to government, meetings with government, and through public forums.

Government Lobby

Submission (1) to the Parliament of NSW Joint Select Committee on the Quality of Building

Submission (2) to the Parliament of NSW Joint Select Committee on the Quality of Building

Report of Proceedings before Join Select Committee

Preliminary draft of the OCN's submission on Strata law

News Stories

SBS Insight Report on High Rise Safety

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Owners in high rise `not told of fire risk'
The owners of apartments in a city building were not told for five months that a fire order had been placed on their units,because the owners' corporation voted against telling them, it was claimed yesterday.
Sydney Morning Herald 06/06/2002     Cost - $1.65     708 words

Sydney Morning Herald on High-Rise Crisis

Sydney Morning Herald on Towers of Trouble

 
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