Victorian taxpayers fund flammable cladding blitz

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Late last year it was revealed that more than 1200 buildings with risky levels of flammable cladding are included on the state government’s list, which is not publicly available.

Now Victorian taxpayers will fund a blitz on flammable cladding removal as part of a stimulus package to get “tradies on the tools”:

In a bid to create more work for Victorian builders, the Andrews government will accelerate the removal of dangerous flammable cladding from apartments across the state…

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About the author
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.