BUSH FIRE BUNKERS
1018. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Emergency Services:
I refer the minister to a recent ABC
article dated 4 November 2021 calling for a federal approach to bush fire
bunkers before, and I quote, ''more lives are lost''.
(1) Does Western Australia
currently have a formal accreditation system for fire bunkers?
(2) If no to (1),
why not, and will the McGowan government consider introducing one, perhaps
based around the Victorian model, and consider Hempcrete as a viable building
material when it does so?
(3) Does the
government favour an Australia-wide approach to bush fire bunker accreditation
and approval; and, if it does, what steps has it taken to advance this at a federal
level; and if it has not already, will it encourage Canberra to consider
Hempcrete in this space?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(3) It is not possible to provide the information for
this answer today. However, we will provide the honourable member an
answer by the next sitting day.