Page 3676 - Week 12 - Tuesday, 27 October 2015
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concerns that he was expressing at length in his remarks in the in-principle stage. I understand and acknowledge there may still be other areas of policy disagreement but at least on that point we should have some further clarity and address the specific concern that the Leader of the Opposition raised in his remarks earlier.
Having said that, we will obviously debate the finer detail of the government amendments that I circulated yesterday in accordance with the provisions of the standing orders, that the opposition has had a briefing on and that members are certainly aware of and were well aware of prior to today’s debate. Having said that, I thank members for their support of the legislation in principle and commend it to the Assembly.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
Bill agreed to in principle.
Detail stage
Bill, by leave, taken as a whole.
MR BARR (Molonglo—Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Urban Renewal and Minister for Tourism and Events) (5.56), by leave: I move amendments Nos 1 to 19 circulated in my name together and I table a supplementary explanatory statement [see schedule 1 at page 3686].
Since the announcement of the loose-fill asbestos insulation eradication scheme on 24 October 2014, the government has purchased a majority of the affected properties for the purpose of demolition and site remediation. A small number of these affected Mr Fluffy properties share a structure, such as a common wall, ceiling space or a subfloor with one or more adjoining properties. In these cases, due to the shared structure, demolition of the affected property alone may potentially leave residual loose-fill asbestos fibres unless some or all of the adjoining property is demolished.
To address this issue, the government will announce the eligible impacted property buyback program shortly. Affected properties that appear to share a structure with a neighbouring property will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Where it is determined that a neighbouring property needs to be purchased and demolished, this property will become an eligible impacted property.
The eligible impacted property buyback program largely replicates the buyback already in place for affected properties. Legislative amendments are required, though, in order to facilitate the eligible impacted properties buyback program. Therefore, I am proposing amendments to the Building (Loose-fill Asbestos Eradication) Legislation Amendment Bill that we are debating this afternoon, as this is the most efficient and timely mechanism for this place to consider and then hopefully pass the required changes.
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