Investigative Journalism and Learning Hub - Waratah Strata Management Coercing Fair Trading NSW and Police

Primary audience on the website are owners (current and previous), tenants, investors, and potential buyers in large strata complex SP52948. Attempts to get Waratah Strata Management to keep all parties informed has been ignored since 1 February 2017. Strata files are kept undisclosed and even events like mediation at Fair Trading NSW, NCAT case SC 20/33352, Police Events, and OLSC reports about professional misconduct of Solicitor Adrian Mueller are not provided to owners (current and previous), tenants, investors, and potential buyers in large strata complex SP52948. Committee members and Waratah Strata Management refused to offer assistance to these organisations.

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.

The rest of the audience is anyone who might be interested in problems with strata schemes in NSW...

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).

SP52948 - Waratah Strata Management Coercing Fair Trading NSW and Police

• In secret email to Fair Trading NSW on 17 May 2019, Waratah Strata Management confirmed that democracy applied to all and then continued to make false statements which Lot 158 never made:

  

• Waratah Strata Management urging Police not to investigate whilst refusing access to files with evidence of fraud that Lot 158 alleged in April 2018:

  

• Waratah Strata Management bluntly confirming to Fair Trading NSW that they would not provide Strata Roll to Lot 158, in clear non-compliance with SSMA 2015 and SSMR 2016, on 20 May 2019:

  

• At Annual General Meeting in October 2020, Lot 158 gave opportunity to owners corporation to ratify many past events, including "Motion: Ratify emails sent to Fair Trading NSW and the Police by Waratah Strata Management urging them not to investigate":

  • Waratah Strata Management email to the Police in April 2018

  • Waratah Strata Management email to Fair Trading NSW urging them not to investigate allegations of financial mismanagement on 17 May 2019

• At Annual General Meeting on 22 October 2020, owners corporation allegedly did not approve ratification of past events, making all such events void and invalid:

  

• Waratah Strata Management claims that they "provide personal, professional guidance and advice on all issues that strata owners may encounter and promptly attend to all maintenance issues and general enquiries".