Can a Union Run Your EBA Vote? Third-Party vs Union-Administered

What Happens If Your Protected Action Ballot Fails? A failed protected action ballot (PAB) can feel like a setback. There’s no point dressing that up — if employees don’t support industrial action, it changes the tone of bargaining overnight. But it’s not the end of the road. In practice, I’ve seen plenty of negotiations regain […]

ISO-Certified Voting Providers — Why Certification Really Matters When you work in governance or elections long enough, you start to notice a simple pattern: most problems don’t come from the voting process itself, they come from uncertainty about how that process is managed behind the scenes. That’s where certification becomes more than a badge on […]

If you’re putting an enterprise agreement (EA) to a vote, the Better Off Overall Test — usually shortened to “BOOT” — is the hurdle that ultimately decides whether it gets approved. It’s not a tick-the-box exercise. The Fair Work Commission will scrutinise the agreement in detail, and if it doesn’t pass the BOOT, it simply […]

Short answer: yes, in most cases. Longer answer: it depends on where your scheme sits and how your by-laws or rules are set up. Over the past few years, online voting has shifted from a “nice to have” to something most strata schemes expect. COVID accelerated it, but the legislative groundwork was already there in […]

Yes. They can — and if they can’t, you’ve got a problem. That might sound blunt, but it’s the reality. A virtual AGM isn’t just a webcast with a voting button attached. If shareholders don’t have a proper way to ask questions while the meeting is happening, it starts to fall short of what the […]

If you’re involved in a Queensland body corporate, the annual general meeting (AGM) is where the real decisions get made. Budgets are approved, committees are elected, and motions that shape the scheme for the next 12 months are put to a vote. The rules aren’t optional—they’re set out under the Body Corporate and Community Management […]

Strata AGM Rules in Victoria — what actually matters in practice If you’re involved in an owners corporation in Victoria, the annual general meeting (AGM) is where the real decisions get made — budgets, committees, contracts, and sometimes disputes that have been bubbling away all year. The framework for all of this sits under the […]

If you strip an AGM back to its essentials, it comes down to two things: who is in the room, and who is entitled to vote. Move that meeting online, and both questions become more complex—but no less critical. Get attendee verification wrong, and you risk invalid votes, challenged resolutions, or in the worst case, […]

Proxy Voting at AGMs — Rules, Forms & Deadlines Not every shareholder can make it to an AGM. That’s just reality. Travel, timing, competing commitments — they all get in the way. Proxy voting exists to solve that problem, and when it’s handled properly, it keeps participation high and decisions valid. But there’s a catch. […]

Proxy voting is one of those things that looks routine… right up until it isn’t. Most meetings run smoothly. Then you hit one where a proxy’s been submitted late, or the form doesn’t quite line up with the Act, and suddenly you’re dealing with objections mid-meeting. Not ideal. Under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), proxy […]