The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released its latest Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) statistics, and the trend line keeps climbing. In 2025, the OAIC received 1,205 data breach notifications — an 8% increase on 2024’s 1,112, and…
The NSW Strata and Property Taskforce has published its first-year results, and the numbers give strata committees and building managers a useful signal about where regulatory attention is heading. Since its establishment, the Taskforce has completed more than 175 “Anywhere,…
From 13 February 2026, every apartment building in NSW will be required to inspect, test and service its essential fire safety systems in accordance with AS 1851-2012, unless a documented performance solution is already in place. This isn’t a new…
A recent piece from Urban Protection Group on strata building security risks is a useful reminder for NSW property managers and owners corporations: the biggest vulnerabilities in apartment buildings and mixed-use strata schemes are rarely dramatic break-ins. They are the…
A recent Privacy Commissioner determination against a major Australian retailer — and the subsequent updated OAIC guidance on facial recognition technology (FRT) — has significant implications for any organisation using CCTV systems with facial recognition or analytics capability. For facilities…
When One Badge Failure Becomes Five: Understanding the Access Control Fault Hierarchy It starts with a single complaint — a staff member whose credential stopped working at 7 AM. By the time you investigate, three other readers are flagging errors,…
A strata committee cannot unilaterally install CCTV on common property A question recently published on Lookup Strata has put a sharp spotlight on a compliance issue that surfaces regularly in NSW strata schemes: a strata committee arranging the installation of…
NSW strata law is continuing its staged reform program in 2026, and the changes now in force carry real administrative and financial implications for strata committees, owners corporations, building managers, and the facilities professionals who support them. If your building…
The intercom at a strata building’s front door is easy to overlook — it buzzes, it opens the door, and most of the time nobody thinks about it again. But for property managers and body corporate committees running multiple sites,…
If your club or pub operates gaming machines in NSW, the compliance landscape has shifted materially. The mandatory Digital Incident Register (DIR), reinforced Gaming Plan of Management requirements, and the intersection of state and federal obligations under AML/CTF mean that…