❓ Hon Stephen Dawson asks about audits/inspections for asbestos in public housing in remote Aboriginal communities since Nov 2014. The Minister responds that no inspections occurred during that period but asbestos removal has been ongoing since 2008.
AnsweredQoN 726Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
PUBLIC HOUSING — AUDITS AND INSPECTIONS —
REMOTE ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES
726. Hon STEPHEN DAWSON to the Minister for Housing:
(1) Since 1
November 2014, how many audits or inspections of public housing in remote
Aboriginal communities have taken place under head maintenance contractor
arrangements?
(2) Of those houses audited or
inspected, how many have been identified as containing asbestos?
(3) Of those
houses identified as containing asbestos, how many have been identified as
containing friable asbestos?
(4) Which company or companies have
conducted the inspections?
REMOTE ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES
726. Hon STEPHEN DAWSON to the Minister for Housing:
(1) Since 1
November 2014, how many audits or inspections of public housing in remote
Aboriginal communities have taken place under head maintenance contractor
arrangements?
(2) Of those houses audited or
inspected, how many have been identified as containing asbestos?
(3) Of those
houses identified as containing asbestos, how many have been identified as
containing friable asbestos?
(4) Which company or companies have
conducted the inspections?
AnswerView source ↗
On behalf of the Minister for
Housing, I thank the member for some notice of the question. The Department of
Housing advises —
(1) Nil, as the
head maintenance contractor inspections will be carried out between July and
December 2015. However, the department has been reducing asbestos content in
community houses located in remote Aboriginal communities continually through
the 10-year National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing
program, which commenced in 2008.
As part of the stock replacement
program, large amounts of asbestos have been removed from residential
accommodation in the town-based Fitzroy communities of Bayulu and Junjuwa and the remote communities of Wangkatjungka , Yungngora and Ardyaloon . The department has also completed more than 1 300
refurbishments, and all asbestos has been removed or encapsulated to ensure tenant
safety.
(2)–(4) Not applicable.
Housing, I thank the member for some notice of the question. The Department of
Housing advises —
(1) Nil, as the
head maintenance contractor inspections will be carried out between July and
December 2015. However, the department has been reducing asbestos content in
community houses located in remote Aboriginal communities continually through
the 10-year National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing
program, which commenced in 2008.
As part of the stock replacement
program, large amounts of asbestos have been removed from residential
accommodation in the town-based Fitzroy communities of Bayulu and Junjuwa and the remote communities of Wangkatjungka , Yungngora and Ardyaloon . The department has also completed more than 1 300
refurbishments, and all asbestos has been removed or encapsulated to ensure tenant
safety.
(2)–(4) Not applicable.
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