'The public has a right to know': Buildings identified in cladding audit kept secret

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The South Australian Government refuses to release a list of buildings containing potentially-flammable aluminium cladding following an ABC request under Freedom of Information laws.

The high-profile buildings included the newly-built Royal Adelaide Hospital, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide Convention Centre and Adelaide Oval.

The Government said all four buildings were assessed as having a"low or moderate risk" in the case of a fire. In its refusal to release the documents, DPTI referred the ABC to a website that explained that the statewide audit began two years ago and had been in an"investigation" phase since March 2018 to determine whether cladding posed a risk to life.

According to the website, the Government and councils were yet to start"phase three", which included the removal of aluminium composite panels and installation of additional alarms, escape points or sprinklers to increase safety."In South Australia we have managed … public buildings to make sure that the risk is quarantined and also working with councils right across the state to identify private buildings that may be at-risk"To date we are lucky that we don't see anywhere near the number of issues that Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane are seeing."The South Australian audit followed the deaths of 72 people in theIn May, the UK Government said it would pay 200 million pounds to help repair private buildings covered in flammable cladding.

 

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More than that, we need a class action against the state Government Personnell (elected or employed) who have stepped so far out of the the terms of their public role that their immunity from tort (being sued) is Zero. They can be sued and should be sued for negligence!

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