Page 1762 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 15 May 2019

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Liberals will continue to support them to make that choice. What we are saying is that they should not be left with no choice. They deserve better from this minister, and the children of Canberra deserve better from this minister. But, instead, she continues to refuse to acknowledge these concerns and continues to let them down.

Question put:

That the amendment be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Amendment agreed to.

Original question, as amended, resolved in the affirmative.

Building—National Construction Code

MR PARTON (Brindabella) (5.40): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes the:

(a) critical importance of government compliance with current building regulations and rules, including the National Construction Code;

(b) need to prepare for building code updates and building regulation reforms within required implementation dates;

(c) necessity for effective stakeholder relationships and consultation to ensure government regulators and industry bodies responsible for applying regulation are harmonised to guarantee proper implementation;

(d) most recent National Construction Code amendments were adopted by all other states and the Northern Territory on the recognised due date of 1 May 2019;

(e) the Minister for Building Quality Improvement approved a delay in adopting the recent National Construction Code amendments to 1 September 2019 arguing that industry needed more time to adjust for the substantial changes;

(f) the Minister is reported to have said the Government had considered industry feedback before deciding on the delay;

(g) conduct of further talks with industry over the weekend of 4 to 5 May revealed industry practitioners did not require further time to adjust for most of the changes;

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