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Law Reform Concepts for Model Building Regulations for 2018 and Beyond
Business
Monday December 11 2017

Law Reform Concepts for Model Building Regulations for 2018 and Beyond

The built ecology, both locally and internationally, has encountered profound, if not unprecedented, change in the last 20 years.

Labor Plans to Act on Flammable Panels
Business
Thursday October 12 2017

Labor Plans to Act on Flammable Panels

Labor says it would extend its proposed ban on importing highly flammable cladding panels to prohibit the sale and use of locally produced materials.

Senate Moves to Ban Polyethylene Cladding in Australia
Buildings
Saturday September 9 2017

Senate Moves to Ban Polyethylene Cladding in Australia

Aluminium cladding containing a flammable polyethylene (PE) core has no place on any building in Australia and should be banned outright, the Senate Committee looking into...

Leaders Call for Action as Full Cladding Debacle Exposed
Business
Wednesday September 6 2017

Leaders Call for Action as Full Cladding Debacle Exposed

Industry leaders are calling for national action following revelations that problems with non-compliant cladding have been known for decades.

Brisbane Hospital Removing Flammable Cladding
Commercial
Wednesday September 6 2017

Brisbane Hospital Removing Flammable Cladding

Cladding on Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital will be removed after being deemed more flammable than initially thought.

NSW Must Act on Buildings with Flammable Cladding
Business
Thursday July 20 2017

NSW Must Act on Buildings with Flammable Cladding

The NSW government is coming under increasing pressure to address the issue of apartments that could be covered in highly flammable cladding.

Grenfell Insulation Was Acceptable Only with Non-Combustible Cladding
Residential
Tuesday July 18 2017

Grenfell Insulation Was Acceptable Only with Non-Combustible Cladding

Warnings that insulation used on the Grenfell Tower should only be used with non-combustible cladding were in place from as far back as 2014, the latest...

Fire-prone Cladding Still Installed on Melbourne Buildings
Commercial
Monday June 19 2017

Fire-prone Cladding Still Installed on Melbourne Buildings

More than 20 high-rise Melbourne residential buildings and the Royal Women's Hospital are still covered in potentially flammable cladding more than 12 months after a safety...

Senate Action on Dodgy Building Products Back On
Safety
Thursday November 10 2016

Senate Action on Dodgy Building Products Back On

An inquiry into building products which do not conform to local standards is back on with a new and expanded terms of reference as a string...

Buildings
13 Feb, 2018
Xenophon's Cladding Ban Populist: Senator

Nick Xenophon's push to ban the importation of flammable aluminium cladding reeks of "rank populism", a government senator has warned.

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