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unit owner may require a major upgrade to the existing network or result in significant impact on the electrical loading for existing electrical conduits and prevent another unit owner from installing a charger as it may overload the electrical system.
In this instance, all members of an owners corporation might benefit from a more considered approach, such as upgrading existing electrical infrastructure to improve access to EV charging, or, in the short term, the installation of a shared charging facility. This provision will allow owners corporations to make decisions that avoid disadvantaging some unit owners and users. It will bring additional scrutiny to the consent process for application to install sustainability infrastructure, without conflicting with the original intention to allow and promote greater access to sustainability infrastructure. The bill provides two further examples where permission to install sustainability infrastructure is not unreasonably withheld—financial considerations and equity of access.
To complement the bill, a package of communication materials and legislative instruments is also being prepared to address further unit titles issues such as repairs, access to the sinking fund, payment of insured excess, attendance of non-members at meetings, independent building certification and the expiry of the developer control period.
I am pleased to present this bill, which delivers on stage 2 of the unit titles reform project, to deliver a fairer and easier way to live and work together.
Debate (on motion by Ms Lawder) adjourned to the next sitting.
International Women’s Day
MS STEPHEN-SMITH (Kurrajong—Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Minister for Families and Community Services and Minister for Health) (11.18), by leave: I move the motion circulated in Minister Berry’s name:
That this Assembly:
(1) notes that International Women’s Day occurred on 8 March 2023 and that the theme this year was “Cracking the Code: Innovation for a Gender Equal Future”, and that:
(a) International Women’s Day is a global day to celebrate the social, economic, political and cultural achievements of women; and
(b) creating equal opportunities and removing barriers for girls and women to enter traditionally male dominated industries requires systemic changes;
(2) notes that women experience disadvantage in a myriad of ways which are individual and unique, as are their circumstances, and:
(a) that culturally and linguistically diverse, disabled women, non-binary, transgender and gender diverse people experience disadvantage, abuse and discrimination at higher rates; and
(b) acknowledges that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience domestic, family and sexual violence at higher rates and face higher barriers to their full economic and social participation than the general population;
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