Page 3151 - Week 09 - Tuesday, 20 August 2019
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Doctors did come in earlier than usual to work through that discharge process. But that was the primary process they used to discharge patients who were clinically appropriate for discharge. Again, I can assure the Assembly that patients would not have been discharged that were not clinically appropriate.
MRS DUNNE: Minister, how many patients were discharged late at night on 14 August?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: Thank you. Madam Speaker, I will take that question on notice.
Planning—development
MS LE COUTEUR: My question is to the Chief Minister and relates to the apartment development sector, noting the recent failure of several apartment developers interstate. With infill running at around 70 per cent of new dwellings and the largest developers each controlling up to around 25 per cent of the apartment development market, does the government consider the potential failure of a large developer as one of the ACT’s economic risks?
MR BARR: It would be one of the risks but I would not want to overstate that any one commercial or residential property developer entering into difficulty would in and of itself create an economic crisis. It would not.
MS LE COUTEUR: Does the government consider the risks of allowing a developer to become too big to fail when assessing tenders for the purchase of renewal sites?
MR BARR: The government, in assessing tenders, will assess the financial capacity of a tenderer to perform work, but most commercial and residential building activity is outside government procurement and would, in fact, be private sector related activity.
Building—surveyors code of practice
MS ORR: My question is to the Minister for Building Quality Improvement. Can the minister update the Assembly on the implementation of the government’s certifiers code of practice?
MR RAMSAY: I thank Ms Orr for her question and her interest in building quality matters. This government has committed to an aggressive series of building reforms to change the building industry for the better. I am pleased to say that we are continuing to meet these commitments. The code of practice for certifiers, or building surveyors as they are sometimes known, was one of 28 reforms that I committed to complete by 30 June and it has been implemented.
The certifiers code of practice is a truly significant piece of reform for the building industry. One thing that we have heard from consumers in the ACT is that there can be confusion as to the role of a certifier and what they are required to do. The code
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