Wednesday, 4 March 2026

 Rachel WESTAWAY (Prahran) (14:39): (1544) My question is to the Minister for Consumer Affairs. Several residents across Prahran have contacted me regarding serious concerns about owners corporations under the Owners Corporations Act 2006, and they have raised issues including inflated costs for maintenance and services, long-term contracts that contain no reasonable exit clauses and excessively high quorum thresholds that make it difficult for lot owners to have their voices heard at meetings. Many residents feel trapped in arrangements that lack transparency and accountability; in particular there are concerns about the punitive exit clauses and the absence of mandatory conflict-of-interest declarations for owners corporation committee members, especially where decisions involving substantial financial commitments occur. One resident even reported a charge of over $80,000 for window cleaning when the market rate is actually half of that. My question to the minister is: when will the government release this report in regard to the act?