VIC builders panic as flammable cladding list hits 1200
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Victoria’s building industry has called for an amnesty from prosecution for building dodgy high-rises with flammable cladding:
The Master Builders Association says the Andrews government’s get-tough approach, including “litigious posturing” and rhetoric on dodgy builders, is damaging the effort to tackle the [flammable cladding] crisis.
More than 1200 buildings with risky levels of flammable cladding are included on the state government’s list – which is not publicly available – but the association believes there are potentially many more buildings around Victoria that could be dangerous.
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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.