BUILDING LAWS – AUSTRALIA

Reforms to help protect buyers

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Original article by Michael Bleby
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 11-Feb-19

State and territory building ministers agreed to a ban on the use of unsafe aluminium composite panels in new apartment buildings at a Council of Australian Governments meeting on 8 February. However, the meeting did not define "unsafe". The meeting also agreed that builders have an ongoing duty of care to apartment owners to provide a building that meets required building code standards, and that builders will face extra liability if their buildings do not comply with such standards.

CORPORATES
COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS, HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA, OWNERS CORPORATION NETWORK OF AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED, MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES PTY LTD, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPT OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND SCIENCE

Apartment owners burnt by cladding cost

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Original article by Michael Bleby
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 39 : 27-Oct-15

The City of Melbourne’s Municipal Building Surveyor has ruled that cladding panels on the exterior of a Docklands apartment building must be replaced within 12 months. The imported cladding used on the 23-storey LaCrosse tower does not comply with the Building Code of Australia’s fire-safety standards. The full cost of replacing the cladding must be met by apartment owners and the building’s body corporate.

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CITY OF MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. DEPT OF TRANSPORT, PLANNING AND LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE