Craig Laundy says ban would ‘do nothing’ before meeting of state and federal building ministersThe Turnbull government is again resisting calls to ban the importation of flammable cladding, saying scaring people “is not the answer”. The ban is one of several measures on the agenda to toughen up building standards in Australia when the state and federal ministers responsible for building meet in Brisbane. The opposition leader, Bill Shorten, said imports of polyethylene cladding ought to be blocked and has committed Labor to doing so if it wins government. The ABC host Sabra Lane said some of Laundy’s Coalition senators had warned, after hearing evidence from the building industry, that the national construction code was being breached on thousands of building sites. Xenophon plan to halt import of flammable cladding ‘impractical’, Coalition says Read more“Why is the code a solution when clearly it’s being ignored or wilfully flouted?” she asked.

Source: The Guardian October 05, 2017 22:41 UTC