Hon Steve Martin asks the Minister for Commerce about the residential construction industry, specifically regarding builder liquidations, complaints, investigations, and referrals to the State Administrative Tribunal. The Minister provides figures for each category.

AnsweredQoN 204Legislative Council
Asked
19 March 2024
Portfolio
Commerce

QuestionView source ↗

RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS —
COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATIONS
204. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Minister for Commerce:
I refer to the residential
construction industry.
(1) How many
residential home builders constructing homes in WA have gone into liquidation
this year?
(2) How many complaints
regarding residential builders have been made to the Building and Energy
division of the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety
this year?
(3) How many investigations into
residential builders by Building and Energy are currently taking place?
(4) How many
complaints regarding residential builders have been referred to the State
Administrative Tribunal this year?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. I provide this answer on behalf of the Minister
for Commerce, who is away from the chamber on urgent parliamentary business.
(1) There have been four.
(2) There have been 117.
(3) There are 36.
(4) There have been 33.

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