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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO. 539

Housing Trust Properties - Asbestos Roof Insulation.

MR CORNWELL: Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services -

(1) Do any Housing Trust properties contain asbestos roof insulation and if some do, how many.

(2) What action is being taken to remove the asbestos and how many houses have been treated to end 1992.

(3) What is the cost per house.

MR CONNOLLY: The answer to the Members question is as follows -

(1) Yes, seven.

(2) Asbestos removal has completed on three of the seven houses; and all houses are expected to be completed by June 1993.

(3) $62,200.