Page 2065 - Week 07 - Wednesday, 6 August 2014

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In closing, we cannot support Mr Barr’s cosmetic alterations to the motion—his amendment to the motion—and we certainly commend the motion that we put before this Assembly as is. We ask Mr Rattenbury to consider supporting what the motion stands for and what the community is asking for.

Question put:

That the amendment be agreed to.

The Assembly voted—

Ayes 9		Noes 8
Mr Barr	Ms Gallagher	Mr Coe	Ms Lawder
Ms Berry	Mr Gentleman	Mr Doszpot	Mr Smyth
Dr Bourke	Ms Porter	Mrs Dunne	Mr Wall
Ms Burch	Mr Rattenbury	Mr Hanson
Mr Corbell		Mrs Jones

Question so resolved in the affirmative.

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

Asbestos—loose-fill insulation

MR HANSON (Molonglo—Leader of the Opposition) (11.23): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes:

(a) between 1988-1993, the Commonwealth inspected approximately 65 000 Canberra homes for the presence of loose-fill asbestos and identified 1049 had loose-fill asbestos insulation sprayed into ceilings by a building operator called Mr Fluffy;

(b) in a $100 million program, the Commonwealth removed loose-fill asbestos from the ceiling cavity of the identified Mr Fluffy houses;

(c) it was believed at the time that the remedial action taken by the Commonwealth had removed any potential future health impact from loose-fill asbestos installed by Mr Fluffy;

(d) it is now known that some Mr Fluffy homes were not identified and not remediated in the 1990s;

(e) it is now known that asbestos fibres are still in the wall cavities and sub-floors of a number of remediated properties and, in some cases, have been detected in living spaces, on furniture and on clothes;

(f) ACT WorkSafe have issued prohibition notices meaning some families have been forced out of their homes immediately and indefinitely;

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