Ann: H1 FY2021 Results Presentation, page-12

JLG has an important role with rectification in the ongoing combustible cladding crisis.This article from the Saturday 8 May 'Herald Sun' is about Victoria, and relevant to JLG:



"A crackdown on combustible cladding has resulted in action against dozens of builders linked to 790 properties statewide.

Rogue builders, building surveyors and fire engineers are accused of allowing problem cladding to be installed even after its risks were known.

In one of the worst cases a fire engineer was linked to 60 properties wrapped in dangerous cladding, while one building caught fire.

The industry was put on notice in March 2018 not to use flammable cladding — aluminium composite panels or rendered expanded polystyrene — on some multistorey buildings in the wake of the Lacrosse building fire at Docklands and London’s Grenfell Tower tragedy.

High risk cladding on new multistorey buildings was formally banned on February 1.

Victorian Building Authority chief executive Sue Eddy said 39 practitioners had been subject to enforcement action, which focused on the practitioners in especially serious contraventions and those linked to several sites.

“We’ve taken decisive action against those practitioners who have put the lives of Victorians at risk through the use of non-compliant, combustible cladding,’’ Ms Eddy said.

“The use of non-compliant combustible cladding has led to immense stress and heartache for homeowners and caused untold damage to the reputation of the building industry.”

More than 3200 properties have been inspected over the past three years as part of Victoria’s cladding audit.

Allegations against one building surveyor related to five sites, prompting emergency orders, while another was linked to three properties.

A builder who authorised non-compliant cladding in a construction and one who admitted similar wrongdoing were also disciplined.

Those caught have faced fines of up to $45,000 and the licences and registrations of several were cancelled, meaning they are not allowed to work for up to three years.

Ms Eddy said the VBA’s action aimed to restore confidence in the industry and it was working with builders, surveyors and fire engineers to avoid the cladding issues of other countries, many of which still had not worked out how to deal with the problem.

“Those practitioners who have done the wrong thing are in the very small minority, but their actions have unfortunately raised a question over the practices of the wider industry

— which isn’t fair,’’ she said.

“Part of holding practitioners to account is to send a clear message to the community that the vast majority of practitioners do the right thing.”

Authorising the use of combustible cladding is banned under the building code."