Residents of one of the first buildings in Victoria to be audited for cladding claim they received threats of huge fines and eviction by the regulator if they didn’t remove it. (more…)
Monthly Archives: April 2019
I’ve just discovered my building is covered in flammable cladding
Last week I found out that I am one of potentially hundreds of thousands of Australians who live in a fire-prone and unsafe apartment. (more…)
Dangerous cladding found on hundreds of Sydney apartment blocks
More than 400 buildings in Sydney may have high-risk flammable cladding installed, as authorities try and get on top of what could be a death trap. (more…)
‘Same as Grenfell Tower’: Cladding fears as fire rips through Melbourne CBD apartment building
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- Source: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/same-as-grenfell-tower-cladding-fears-as-fire-rips-through-melbourne-cbd-apartment-building-20190204-p50vgl.html
- Updated February 4, 2019 — 4.04pm first published at 7.12am
Residents will be locked out of their CBD apartments for 48 hours after a vicious, fast-moving fire raced up dangerous cladding on the side of the Spencer Street tower. (more…)