CLADDING — FIRE
RISK
968. Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS to the Minister for Commerce:
I
refer to the issue of cladding on public and private buildings of the same
style that led to the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in London. Can the
minister update the house on how many high-risk public and private buildings
still require remedial action; how much money the government has allocated to
address this important public safety issue; and when we can expect that all public and/or private buildings in Western Australia
comply with cladding requirements so that we do not risk having a tragic
fire such as happened at Grenfell Tower?
Mr J.R.
QUIGLEY replied:
I thank the member for his
question. Of course the government is responsible for public buildings, and the
public buildings that have fallen within the dangerous category have had
remediation effected. In relation to private buildings,
the government is not responsible for those, nor does it have power over them.
The Building Commission, however, has been working with local government
authorities and remediation notices have been served by local government
authorities upon private owners, but the extent of that report is coming back
from local government authorities to the
Building Commission. All of those buildings have not been remediated because
the private owners have to effect those remediations and comply with
notices served upon them by a local government authority. I will take on notice
the member's request for the number of those buildings that remain
outstanding once I get those figures from local government.
Point of Order
Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS: The
minister said that he will take the question on notice. What procedure do we
have for the question on notice to be responded to?
The SPEAKER: He was taking
note of it. That is the way he meant it.
Mr P.A. KATSAMBANIS: All
right. I will take him at his word that he will get back to me on it.