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‘We want builders on site, not filling in forms’: Albanese government cuts red tape in bid to boost home building (www.theguardian.com)
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[-] Salvo@aussie.zone 1 points 3 months ago

Bring back council-funded Building Inspectors.

They can help the builder with the paperwork and make sure the builder is adhering to all relevant guidelines.

Having the Compliance Arm (Contract Building Inspectors) funded by the people doing the work is an obvious conflict of interest.

We are paying higher council rates that we were in the past to get less service. The least they can do is hire building inspectors who are answerable to the Council and the Industry,

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