It’s a longer than usual podcast this week so strap yourselves in. Firstly we look at the Owners Corporation Network’s (OCN) 10-point manifesto which they have announced leading up to next year’s NSW state election.It’s part wish-list and part statement of intent and you can read it in detail here. What we discuss is why those demands are there and what it might mean if they are taken up by the next state government (whoever that might be).Then we dive into the foaming waters of Bondi Beach where, according to a story in the Sydney Morning Herald, locals are concerned that it's losing its egalitarian charm and in danger of becoming another Yuppified concrete and glass suburb. Meanwhile in another yarn, the local Waverley council has, somewhat typically, said that developers should consider the spiritual, cultural and historical and climate aspects of the neighbourhood before they start throwing up (pun intended) cheap and cheerless unit blocks.Developers, in the form of the Urban Taskforce, have equally predictably said life is hard enough without adding more obstacles to their business.Here at the Flat Chat Wrap have a solution which only requires some compromise and lateral thinking – so it is pretty much guaranteed never to get off the ground. In any case, don't say it out loud, but the biggest threat to Bondi is Airbnb and it's ilk. Just wait till those A380s are back in the air again and the area once again has more baristas than barristers, and you'll know all about it.And finally, we have built an extension to the podcast, in the form of the third and last part of David Bannerman’s Lawyer in the Hotseat webinar.That all adds up to an hour of chat, so pace yourselves. But remember the football World Cup is only a week away so some time management may be required.Before you go, in the next week or so we will be experimenting with ads at the beginning and end of each podcast (but not in the middle). The podcast takes up a lot of time to record, edit and transcribe so if we can get a little financial assistance with that, it would be great.However, if you hate the ads and they make you want to turn off the pod, please let us know and we can decide if it’s worth the hassle.If you enjoyed listening to this podcast (or reading the transcript), please share it with your friends using the social media buttons on this page.TRANSCRIPT IN FULLNB: This is a combination of two transcripts so the timings for the latter section - Part 3 of the Lawyer in the Hotseat webinar - will be off in terms of the audio. If you want to locate a specific section of audio, take about 25 minutes off the listed timing in that section and you'll be close to the mark.Jimmy 00:00I was on a panel at the SCA New South Wales owners day.Sue 00:06Oh, that's the strata Community Association.Jimmy 00:07YeahSue 00:08Which is the strata managers thing.Jimmy 00:10Yep. And it's our first time in ages have been at one of their events and, and certainly the first time I've participated in an owner's section, because for a while they were making fairly aggressive efforts to recruit people who should have been joining OCN. And in fact they were publicising themselves as being the voice of owners in
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Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai.
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