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Ok I am not a lawyer but anti fortification laws are targeted at biker gang club houses and residences. It gives powers to the police to remove fortifications, like fences and reinforced doors where they think necessary. They are not targeting regular home owners protecting their property. Your regular 3 point doors on a normal residence will not attrack the attention of the legislation. Also the laws are different in each state. Call your local police community relations person to enquire further.
I am not a lawyer but I have dealt with body corporate before.
They can take you to arbitration over any breach of the by laws but if the wording only says sympathetic then you have a case to do what you want as long as it does not clash. If the wording says you must seek approval before you can change the curtains then you are in a tighter spot.
The other strategy is to ask the body corporate to lay out a plan for rejuvernating the look of the complex to use netural backed curtains so people are free to have what ever internal colour curtains they wish. You may find their is more support from the residences for this. It will allow the complex to have two approved curtain types.
Verticals should never be used in complexes only cream backed fabric curtains should be used as these cause the least amount of trouble.
This is why I made sure I bought a house without BC when I moved, just to get away from this foolishness. With body corporate you might as well be a renter for all the things you can't do to your own home.
