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Cathy Sherry is a professor at Macquarie Law School and Smart Green Cities. She is the author of Strata Title Property Rights: Private governance of multi-owned properties.

Remember when only men could own property? No? There’s a reason for that

Remember when only men could own property? No? There’s a reason for that

Laws need to change to equally weigh the rights of those who want to buy a home against those who simply want to invest in a property.

  • by Cathy Sherry

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Two missing words explain why Sydney’s making a terrible housing mistake

Two missing words explain why Sydney’s making a terrible housing mistake

Changes in our landscape and society are happening with little understanding of the legal structures being created and the resulting burdens for homeowners.

  • by Cathy Sherry
Minns must stop this energy rort before development binge

Minns must stop this energy rort before development binge

The big switch to renewable energy may come at a very high price for NSW apartment buyers unless the state government acts swiftly.

  • by Cathy Sherry
Minns’ housing plan is fantastic news, but only for property developers

Minns’ housing plan is fantastic news, but only for property developers

NSW’s sudden unbridled enthusiasm for high-density housing strongly benefits developers and there’s a complete absence of consideration of strata title.

  • by Cathy Sherry
‘Defects are rife’: Miami-style building collapse could happen in Australia

‘Defects are rife’: Miami-style building collapse could happen in Australia

Florida is the birthplace of resort-style high rise residential development that has been copied in cities around the world, including Australia.

  • by Cathy Sherry
'A dog's breakfast': NSW strata by-laws need to catch up to the 21st century
Opinion
Strata

'A dog's breakfast': NSW strata by-laws need to catch up to the 21st century

Governments have never understood that private citizens cannot be given unlimited power to run their own communities.

  • by Cathy Sherry
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Strata rules need to catch up with kids in pools
Opinion
City life

Strata rules need to catch up with kids in pools

Banning kids from a strata building pool would seem to be a cut-and-dried case of age discrimination - but legally there's not much that can be done about it.

  • by Dr Cathy Sherry

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