Warren-Clark AngieANGIE WARREN-CLARK (Labour): Thank you Madam Speaker. It's a real pleasure to rise and take a five-minute call on this bill. I would like to acknowledge and recognise you Nicola Willis for bringing this bill to the House. I think it's as we've heard previously a bill that has now come in full time to this House. I would just like to say however: there have been four lots of hands yet we still have the Unit Titles (Strengthening Body Corporate Governance and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. Let's work on the title shall we? Look I do want to congratulate you and often when we're in this House we learn things. I remember at law a long long time ago looking at bodies corporate and looking at this Act—the principal Act the original Act in 2010 the Unit Titles Act—I was gobsmacked to discover that there were some very fundamental things lacking in that Act; absolutely gobsmacked. I did not comprehend that this bill lacked basic definitions—basic definitions—for example what a chairperson is of a body corporate. So I want to acknowledge that this a long time coming. The legislation is—gosh but it's only 11 years old right and it is so dated this legislation. Look we will be supporting this bill to select committee. There is a lot more broader work to be done in this area but I certainly take the point that the member has made: don't let perfection get in the way of good. I acknowledge that. I think that there are some good aspects to this bill. I think there's going to be a lot of work to be done but I do want to say that this is probably one of the most substantial members' bills that I have seen in this House in my short time. It is well thought through and there are a lot of areas that have been covered. So certainly for me just having a little bit of a deep dive into some of the clauses that I find personally of interest—and I know that my good colleague Dr Duncan Webb will be developing some of this at select committee; it will be an interesting process—new section 113 in clause 14 the decision making of the body corporate to keep written records: who would have known? There could be hundreds and thousands of dollars' worth of assets that are being managed by these bodies corporate—Hon Member: Millions.ANGIE WARREN-CLARK: —millions even—and written records aren't required? That is outrageous I think. New section 114A in clause 15: the body corporate is to comply with a code of conduct and while that code of conduct may be addressed in the principal legislation it'll also be addressed in regulation. To me a code of conduct in these kinds of matters is absolutely fundamental—it's absolutely fundamental. Imagine—and we've heard anecdotally some of these stories—people selling a property because they're aware that it's become leaky or seismically unsafe. We've heard those things and they make the money and then it's sold onwards. Some of these codes of conduct and codes of behaviour are so very important. New section 114B in clause 15 conflicts of interest—now that to me is of great interest: conflicts of interest as on the body corporate. Managing the financial role and I think of this like a trustee managing a financial role versus being an owner of a property and having benefit—these are things that need balancing and working through. New section 114G in clause 15 the definition of a body corporate manager—that will be interesting; a job description perhaps.But finally in my last 30 seconds I have indicated that we will be supporting this bill. I think of my retired mother-in-law who has downsized to a lifestyle village. It's leased but it's also operated by a body corporate and I think this bill will help and support her to live well. Thank you; I commend the bill.