Regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes

Introduction

This inquiry was established on 4 July 2019 to inquire into and report on the regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes.

Terms of reference
This inquiry was Self-referred on 04 July 2019.
Timeline
DateMilestone
Thu 04 July 2019Self-referred
Sun 28 July 2019Submissions closed
Mon 12 August 2019Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Fri 16 August 2019Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Tue 27 August 2019Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Tue 05 November 2019Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Wed 13 November 2019Committee Interim Report
Wed 11 December 2019Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Thu 20 February 2020Hearing - Hunter Room, Newcastle City Hall, 290 King Street
Mon 24 February 2020Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
Thu 30 April 2020Final Report
Wed 13 May 2020Government Response to Interim Report
Fri 30 October 2020Government Response to Final Report
Submissions

Submissions to this inquiry closed on 28 Jul 2019.

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Hearings and transcripts
DateVenue details
Mon 12 August 2019Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Fri 16 August 2019Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Tue 27 August 2019Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Tue 05 November 2019Jubilee Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Wed 11 December 2019Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Thu 20 February 2020Hunter Room, Newcastle City Hall, 290 King StreetView scheduleView transcript
Mon 24 February 2020Macquarie Room, Parliament House, SydneyView scheduleView transcript
Reports and government responses

Government response - Report No 6 - Public Accountability Committee - Regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes

Tabled date:
Fri 30 October 2020
PDF3.28 MB

Government response - Report No 4 - Public Accountability Committee - Regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes

Tabled date:
Wed 13 May 2020
PDF304.43 KB

Report No 6 - Public Accountability Committee - Regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes

Tabled date:
Thu 30 April 2020
PDF1.61 MB

Report No 4- Public Accountability Committee - Regulation of building standards, building quality and building disputes

Tabled date:
Wed 13 November 2019
PDF1.50 MB
Other documents
DateTypeTitle
Wed 03 March 2021Correspondence Hon Kevin Anderson MP, Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation - Update to the Public Accountability Committee regarding the Cladding Product Safety Panel (pdf, 1.24 MB)
Tue 23 June 2020Correspondence Ms Rose Webb, Deputy Secretary, Department of Customer Service - access to orders and decisions of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (pdf, 122.19 KB)
Thu 30 April 2020Media ReleaseFinal report tabled (pdf, 118.99 KB)
Fri 20 March 2020Answers to Questions on Notice NSW Government (pdf, 236.21 KB)
Mon 16 March 2020Additional InformationMr Peter Goudie, Consulting Engineer (pdf, 41.73 KB)
Mon 09 March 2020Answers to Questions on Notice City of Newcastle (pdf, 175.59 KB)
Thu 05 March 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Lake Macquarie City Council (pdf, 252.90 KB)
Fri 28 February 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Central Coast Council (pdf, 257.08 KB)
Wed 26 February 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Central Coast Council (pdf, 201.41 KB)
Mon 24 February 2020Tabled DocumentMr Peter Goudie: various photos of defects in buildings and building materials (pdf, 7.76 MB)
Thu 20 February 2020Tabled DocumentMr Grahame Vile: document by BAAM Consulting entitled 'Independent strata and asset management advice' (pdf, 5.22 MB)
Thu 20 February 2020Tabled DocumentMr Nick Greenhalgh: Dungog Shire Council, opening statement and building statistics (pdf, 3.24 MB)
Thu 20 February 2020Tabled DocumentMs Therese Doyle: Better Planning Network responding to inquiry terms of reference (pdf, 3.25 MB)
Mon 17 February 2020Media ReleaseInquiry into building regulations continues (pdf, 122.25 KB)
Tue 04 February 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Mark Whybro AFSM, Assistant Commissioner Community Safety, Fire and Rescue NSW (pdf, 494.31 KB)
Wed 29 January 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Strata Community Association (pdf, 160.49 KB)
Wed 29 January 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Rose Webb, Deputy Secretary, Better Regulation Division and NSW Fair Trading Commissioner, and Mr John Tansey, Executive Director Regulatory Policy, Better Regulation Division, Department of Customer Service (pdf, 124.70 KB)
Wed 29 January 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Dave Hudson, Deputy Commissioner, Investigations and Counter Terrorism, NSW Police Force (pdf, 232.85 KB)
Tue 28 January 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Local Government NSW (pdf, 254.95 KB)
Thu 23 January 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Engineers Australia (pdf, 106.58 KB)
Mon 20 January 2020Answers to Questions on Notice Owners Corporation Network (pdf, 383.22 KB)
Thu 12 December 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) (pdf, 3.32 MB)
Wed 11 December 2019Tabled DocumentMr Chris Rumore: Correspondence with The Honourable Kevin Anderson MP (pdf, 361.24 KB)
Wed 11 December 2019Tabled DocumentMr Ravendra Mawjee: Key messages to the committee (pdf, 591.21 KB)
Wed 11 December 2019Tabled DocumentCr Linda Scott: Excerpt from Local Government NSW 2019 Annual Conference (pdf, 1.39 MB)
Wed 11 December 2019Tabled DocumentMr Nigel Davies: Letter from Mr Michael O'Connor, National Secretary, CFMEU, to The Honourable Mike Baird MP, former Premier of NSW, raising concerns in relation to external cladding on buildings, dated 26 May 2015 (pdf, 2.61 MB)
Wed 11 December 2019Tabled DocumentMr Mark Whybro AFSM: Combustible cladding dashboard, 29 November 2019 and 6 December 2019 (pdf, 3.37 MB)
Tue 10 December 2019Media ReleasePublic hearing into flammable cladding on NSW buildings (pdf, 123.04 KB)
Wed 13 November 2019Media ReleaseFirst report tabled (pdf, 120.20 KB)
Tue 05 November 2019Tabled DocumentCr Linda Scott: Excerpt from Local Government NSW 2019 Annual Conference: Record of Decisions (pdf, 3.65 MB)
Tue 05 November 2019Correspondence Mr Philip Gall, Chairman, Owners Corporation Network: Making the Building the Design & Building Practitioners Bill 2019 More Effective for Consumers (pdf, 58.19 KB)
Thu 17 October 2019Media ReleaseFurther hearing into the government's draft bill (pdf, 124.38 KB)
Tue 10 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Master Builders of NSW (pdf, 674.12 KB)
Mon 09 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Chris Duggan, President, Strata Community Association (pdf, 134.88 KB)
Mon 09 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Brett Mace, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Institute of Building Surveyors (pdf, 276.35 KB)
Fri 06 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Rose Webb from NSW Fair Trading Commissioner, Mr John Tansey and Mr Peter Dunphy from the Department of Customer Service (pdf, 297.82 KB)
Fri 06 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Association of Accredited Certifiers (pdf, 155.77 KB)
Fri 06 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Ian Robertson, Secretary, Development and Environmental Professionals' Association (PDF, 258.38 KB)
Fri 06 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority (pdf, 125.76 KB)
Fri 06 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab A (pdf, 13.95 MB)
Fri 06 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab B (pdf, 183.73 KB)
Thu 05 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Kathlyn Loseby, President NSW, Australian Institute of Architects (pdf, 816.64 KB)
Thu 05 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Jonathan Russell, National Manager for Public Affairs, Engineers Australia (pdf, 188.18 KB)
Wed 04 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Mr David Chandler, OAM, NSW Building Commissioner (pdf, 365.60 KB)
Tue 03 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Associate Professor Hazel Easthope, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW (pdf, 218.64 KB)
Tue 03 September 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Cr Linda Scott, President, Local Government NSW (pdf, 645.58 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority (pdf, 155.24 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab A (pdf, 149.41 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab B (pdf, 1.13 MB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab C (pdf, 283.94 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab D (pdf, 94.61 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab E (pdf, 81.28 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab F (pdf, 538.95 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab G (pdf, 17.68 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab H (pdf, 560.45 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab I (pdf, 1.06 MB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab J (pdf, 2.84 MB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab K (pdf, 151.80 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab L (pdf, 175.53 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab M (pdf, 259.40 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab N (pdf, 144.22 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Carmel Donnelly, Chief Executive, State Insurance Regulatory Authority - Tab O (pdf, 180.39 KB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Jane Hearn, Deputy Chair, Owners Corporations Network of Australia (pdf, 2.41 MB)
Thu 29 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice National Fire Industry Association (pdf, 446.33 KB)
Wed 28 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Ms Rose Webb from NSW Fair Trading Commissioner, Mr John Tansey and Mr Peter Dunphy from the Department of Customer Service (pdf, 171.31 KB)
Wed 28 August 2019Answers to Supplementary QuestionsMs Rose Webb from NSW Fair Trading Commissioner, Mr John Tansey and Mr Peter Dunphy from the Department of Customer Service (pdf, 162.21 KB)
Tue 27 August 2019Tabled DocumentDocuments supplied by the National Fire Industry Association - 27 August 2019 (pdf, 2.21 MB)
Thu 22 August 2019Answers to Questions on Notice Mr Chris Seet, Assistant Secretary, NSW Plumbing Trades Employees Union (pdf, 82.69 KB)
Fri 09 August 2019OtherPreliminary report - Online questionnaire (pdf, 615.62 KB)
Fri 09 August 2019Media ReleasePreliminary results of online questionnaire (pdf, 388.58 KB)
Wed 10 July 2019Media ReleaseLaunch of questionnaire on building standards, quality and disputes in NSW (pdf, 96.38 KB)
Thu 04 July 2019Media ReleaseMedia release - Commencement of inquiry (pdf, 101.20 KB)
Contact us

Madeleine Foley

Role:
Clerk Assistant - Committees
Phone:
9230 3367
Email:
public.accountability@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Andrew Ratchford

Role:
Senior Council Officer
Phone:
9230 3672
Email:
public.accountability@parliament.nsw.gov.au

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