Mascot Towers: Peak industry bodies call for building sector crackdown

Peak building industry bodies are calling for a massive overhaul of the sector to address a number of "failures" as residents of a Sydney apartment block face uncertainty about when they will be able to return home.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian told reporters on Sunday the government wanted to "get to the root cause" and find out what had occurred."There was some speculation it could have been from things that happened in the near vicinity but we need to find out the cause before we know how to act," she said.

"It is serious, there is no doubt about it," he said. "We just need to take stock of industry, start with a clean slate and set it up properly."Australian Institute of Building Surveyors chief executive Brett Mace said industry issues were not specific to NSW nor Mascot Towers, rather "it is symptomatic of a much greater problem - a building regulatory system that is failing across Australia".

Some tenants have been offered the possibility of an escorted trip back inside to collect some personal belongings. Transport for NSW confirmed there was no impact on the airport rail line nor Mascot train station, which sits under the complex.

Laura_R_chung Yes a Royal commission into the building industry I’ve been calling it for years

bsadams25 Laura_R_chung This is what happens when you have a Lib Government in charge: they allow shonky construction companies to work in order to break the Australian Unions: these ‘shonksters’ use cheap labour and cut corners at every turn.

Laura_R_chung Royal commission....what a load of bs. They’re useless. Nothing ever comes of these commissions. Halt all approvals and construction applications ASAP. Indefinitely. You have to hurt these developers. The entire industry is corrupt and needs a massive clean out.

Laura_R_chung Just another example of the ludicrous cycles we are constantly creating in this country - deregulation to disasters to inquiries to re-regulation. The disasters are both predictable and predicted, yet we are forever reactive, never pro-active.

Laura_R_chung Useless coalition governments

Laura_R_chung Well you don’t say! 🙄🙄🙄

Laura_R_chung There will be another and one more and then a collapse nothing will change until then

Laura_R_chung Bit late

Laura_R_chung Self regulation?

Laura_R_chung under LNP government. so how about investigating this building frenzy?

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