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Fake hosts - our scariest podcast ever

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Too slow for easy low-cost housing fix

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Simple but significant rewards for our key workers

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Going Dutch on rent controls

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Is this the end of balcony laundry bans?

6

New strata laws tested - the best and the rest

7

It's real! Building faster, cheaper, better apartments

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On ABC radio Afternoons with James Valentine

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Hot seat part 2 - Vexatious litigants and embedded networks

10

Lawyer in the Hot Seat 2025 - Part 1

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Training wheels and strata manager myths

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Why green flats are good buys

13

All the strata stats that matter

14

Defects, solar snub and commissions

15

Election fever, defects call and rents on the rise

16

Tenants' pets unleashed and flat-finding for a friend

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Strata managers 'not in disarray' says prez

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Five years on, strata pets are here to stay

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Netstrata: The facts and the frictions

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Fast track flats and Airbnb tax

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New laws put strata cops on the beat

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Secretive strata managers face $110k fines

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Contract killers - the strata law that's simply ignored

24

Strata pantomime villain takes centre stage

25

Economic hogwash, strata dog wash

26

Fast-track for flats puts Nimbys on notice

27

Plusses and perils of strata in 2025

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Strata's naughty and nice in 2024

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Sins of commission - why Minns has quit

30

Strata law changes, sliced and diced

31

Triple threat: Guide gaps, dodgy contracts and rotting blocks

32

Noise annoys as city wakes up to 24-hour bars and gyms

33

Talk about unaffordable - the $30k-a-night apartment

34

London calling with renters' advice, unit prices and a high-rise tragedy

35

New commissioner named, Netstrata dodge exposed

36

Pumping irony - Airbnb on defensive, pro gym offensive

37

Buyers locked out of flawed strata gem

38

Scary smart: Could AI kill Flat Chat?

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Conflabs not conflict the answer says top SM

40

Another strata trap sprung - dealing with defects

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Behind the scenes with the Strata Trap reporter

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Are your appliances giving your kids asthma?

43

Sins of commissioner - or just bad timing?

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Company title chaos and strata commish game-changer

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Sound and fury at soft response to strata scandal

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Future looks bright but present is tense

47

Renters boost and $235k safety alarm

48

Struck off and probed in the naughty corner

49

Chandler's challenge, crowd-funding property buys and forum funnies

50

SM crackdown and luxury threat to low-cost homes

51

Strata lawyer answers your questions

52

Chandler chats: five years of the good fight

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Tax cheat landlords, 'CSI Strata' spies, and recording meetings

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Cheap shots and gentrification Vs affordability

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Nimby dog whistles, company title and micro apartments

56

Balcony singer creates his own soap opera

57

Best and worst embedded networks... with bees

58

Challenges and changes as Chandler checks out

59

Hot seat 2: By-laws, bathrooms and ebikes (really!)

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Hot Seat pt 1 - Strata rolls and new laws

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Cell in a studio flat and suspicious pictures

62

Simple fixes that Strata Managers desperately need

63

Family unfriendly - are our flats the wrong shape?

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Look back in laughter - our PodCom revisited

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How Netstrata scandal has exposed a culture of rorts, scams and double dealing.

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Different country - same high rise problems

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Why unit rents are closing the gap on houses

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'Worst block ever' and big plans for the trendy burbs

69

Shops you want in your blocks

70

Email madness - $17k charged for five messages

71

Your pet hates (and it's not pets)

72

And now the good news ... for some

73

BS-busting strata reforms in detail

74

Lachlan defects alert crosses the line

75

Coastal boasts and Mascot backlash

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Chandler on how he wrangled Mascot deal

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Chandler army's commission possible

78

Building Commish gets his Christmas wish

79

Starry-eyed buyers, more Mascot misery

80

Designer blocks and Broadway shocks

81

How selling your rights became a multi-billion-dollar business

82

Electric dreams and escooter schemes

83

The other Minns - our strata commish speaks

84

Green green grass of affordable homes

85

Strata scam right on our new doorstep

86

Anti-pet deterrents to be swept away

87

Minions on front line of war on Nimbys

88

Minds over strata matters

89

Downvesting - working at taking it easy

90

Smart thinking means Happy Days aren't here again ... yet

91

How local councils block new unit blocks

92

Why bankrupting struggling owners is a bad idea

93

Upgrade your address and save millions

94

Rent caps and Airbnb backlash

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Council cops repair order, Qld quandary, savings for seniors

96

Built-in cheats, property prices and victory for Vicinity

97

Two towers - from just fine to way too fancy

98

Tribunal logjam and crazy decisions

99

Anatomy of a high-rise disaster

100

Hey, Airbnb, get a room!