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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1276 asked in the Legislative Council on 11 November 2020 by Hon Jim Chown

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

BUILDING LEGISLATION — STATUTORY REVIEWS

1276. Hon JIM CHOWN to the minister representing the Minister for Commerce:

This question is asked on behalf of Hon Nick Goiran, who is absent on urgent parliamentary business.

I refer to the statutory reviews of our state's building laws.

(1) Have statutory reviews been conducted in accordance with section 111 of the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 and section 105 of the Building Services (Registration) Act 2011?

(2) If yes to (1), will the minister table both review reports?

(3) If no to (1), have both reviews commenced?

(4) If yes to (3), when did they commence and when does the minister expect these reviews to be completed and the reports tabled?

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:

I thank the member for the question and note that he has asked this on behalf of Hon Nick Goiran, who is on urgent parliamentary business outside the chamber. It is urgent parliamentary business outside the chamber.

Several members interjected.

The PRESIDENT: Order! I think I know what you are going to say, Leader of the Opposition.

Point of Order

Hon PETER COLLIER: Members can laugh all they like. This is a point of order. The minister cannot possibly make a derogatory comment like that about someone who is genuinely out of the chamber on urgent parliamentary business.

Hon Sue Ellery: But he can do it all the time and you do nothing about it.

Hon PETER COLLIER: He does not.

The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister will now get to her feet and provide the answer to the question.

Questions without Notice Resumed

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN: As I said —

Hon Peter Collier interjected.

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN: I do urge the Leader of the Opposition to read Hansard.

The PRESIDENT: Minister, just answer the question.

Hon Sue Ellery: I can't hear what you're saying.

Hon Peter Collier: I said, ''You're so up yourselves.''

The PRESIDENT: Order! That is not an appropriate conversation across the chamber. We are trying to work our way through question time. The minister has the call and she is about to provide the response that she has been given.

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN: The following information has been provided by the minister.

Several members interjected.

The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister has the call, and hopefully there will be no other sideline interruptions.

Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN: The answer is as follows.

(1)–(4) Since the release of the ''Building Confidence'' report, the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety has been consulting extensively with industry on reforms to major parts of building legislation to strengthen compliance with building standards. Given the proposed reforms are examining most of the fundamental parts of the Building Services (Complaint Resolution and Administration) Act 2011 and the Building Services (Registration) Act 2011, overlaying a statutory review may create unnecessary duplication at the moment. A statutory review will be commenced as soon as practicable once the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety's work on implementing the ''Building Confidence'' report has concluded.