Brickworks MD “horrified” by flammable apartments

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Brickworks MD, Lindsay Partridge, says he is “horrified” by poor-quality building products and sub-standard construction practices, and has called for greater regulation and tighter controls. From The AFR:

Mr Partridge said he had personally seen situations of poor building work and materials. “There was a couple of ones that have horrified me”… [and] has put home owners at ”serious risk”.

There needs to be much tighter controls and tougher regulations put in place, he said.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.