❓ Mr. Love questions the Premier on support for tradespeople impacted by Nicheliving's administration and why earlier action wasn't taken. The Premier defends the government's actions, stating they deregistered the company to protect customers and enable access to home indemnity insurance.
AnsweredQoN 789Legislative Assembly
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NICHELIVING — ADMINISTRATION
789. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I refer to reports that Projex
Management and Construction, trading as Nicheliving, has entered
administration, leaving numerous Western Australian tradespeople with unpaid
invoices, including a local gyprocker who is owed $300 000 and a concreter who
is owed $200 000.
(1) What support, if any, will the state government
provide to impacted tradespeople who now face substantial financial
losses due to Nicheliving's collapse?
(2) Why did the
government not take earlier action to safeguard the interests of both
tradespeople and customers affected by Nicheliving's practices?
789. Mr R.S. LOVE to the Premier:
I refer to reports that Projex
Management and Construction, trading as Nicheliving, has entered
administration, leaving numerous Western Australian tradespeople with unpaid
invoices, including a local gyprocker who is owed $300 000 and a concreter who
is owed $200 000.
(1) What support, if any, will the state government
provide to impacted tradespeople who now face substantial financial
losses due to Nicheliving's collapse?
(2) Why did the
government not take earlier action to safeguard the interests of both
tradespeople and customers affected by Nicheliving's practices?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) Of
course, as the member says, Projex Management and Construction, the parent
company of Nicheliving, has entered external administration. That confirms the
importance of the decisions of government to deregister the company because we
had grave concerns as to the viability of the company. Contrary to what the
member suggests, this actually reinforces the decisions that we made to ensure
that we brought justice to those particular
members of the WA public who had unwittingly been caught up in the difficulties that confront Nicheliving. Because of our
actions, those customers got earlier access to the home indemnity insurance
scheme so they could then get access to the funds and get their homes finished
as quickly as possible. That is what my government did. It took immediate
action, appropriate action, and intervened during the appeals process under the
State Administrative Tribunal to ensure that we brought an outcome as soon as possible. The Building Services Board's
decision to deregister the company on financial grounds has been
vindicated, and I am very pleased that the government processes were working in
this case in the interests of those particular clients, because we wanted to
make sure they were given justice. They have been waiting for many months—years—to
have their homes built. They deserve to have their homes built. They signed a contract and they paid good
money, and they deserve to have their homes built as soon as possible,
which is the reason we acted with the sense of urgency we did. That is the
reason those people can now get access to
the home indemnity insurance scheme. Those are the very actions that those
opposite criticise. They criticised it. I am pleased we intervened when
we did because it meant that those customers could get a roof over their heads
much sooner than would otherwise be possible.
Visitors — Lumen
Christi College
The
SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition, before I give you the supplementary, on behalf of the members for
Thornlie and Southern River, I meant to warmly welcome the Lumen Christi
College students who were in the gallery.
course, as the member says, Projex Management and Construction, the parent
company of Nicheliving, has entered external administration. That confirms the
importance of the decisions of government to deregister the company because we
had grave concerns as to the viability of the company. Contrary to what the
member suggests, this actually reinforces the decisions that we made to ensure
that we brought justice to those particular
members of the WA public who had unwittingly been caught up in the difficulties that confront Nicheliving. Because of our
actions, those customers got earlier access to the home indemnity insurance
scheme so they could then get access to the funds and get their homes finished
as quickly as possible. That is what my government did. It took immediate
action, appropriate action, and intervened during the appeals process under the
State Administrative Tribunal to ensure that we brought an outcome as soon as possible. The Building Services Board's
decision to deregister the company on financial grounds has been
vindicated, and I am very pleased that the government processes were working in
this case in the interests of those particular clients, because we wanted to
make sure they were given justice. They have been waiting for many months—years—to
have their homes built. They deserve to have their homes built. They signed a contract and they paid good
money, and they deserve to have their homes built as soon as possible,
which is the reason we acted with the sense of urgency we did. That is the
reason those people can now get access to
the home indemnity insurance scheme. Those are the very actions that those
opposite criticise. They criticised it. I am pleased we intervened when
we did because it meant that those customers could get a roof over their heads
much sooner than would otherwise be possible.
Visitors — Lumen
Christi College
The
SPEAKER : Leader of the
Opposition, before I give you the supplementary, on behalf of the members for
Thornlie and Southern River, I meant to warmly welcome the Lumen Christi
College students who were in the gallery.
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