Tuesday, 5 March 2024

Petitions

Home building industry

Evan MULHOLLAND (Northern Metropolitan) presented a petition bearing 1168 signatures:

The petition of certain citizens of the State of Victoria draws to the attention of the Legislative Council the catastrophic state of the construction industry in Victoria. Builders are continually breaching their legal obligations by not arranging domestic building insurance for customers before they receipt deposits under a domestic building contract. The Victorian Managed Insurance Authority is aware of these breaches yet has failed to act. A full year after the collapse of Porter Davis, the customers of Montego Homes and Chatham Homes have suffered the same outcome and lost thousands of dollars because the Government failed to act upon this situation. The builders failed to obtain domestic building insurance policies for their customers and breached their legal obligations. The Liquidated Builders Customer Support Payment Scheme, that closed on 29 January 2024, should be reopened until a comprehensive solution that stops this occurring and protects Victorian families, is implemented.

The petitioners therefore request that the Legislative Council call on the Government to provide the customers of Montego Homes and Chatham Homes with the same financial support that was provided to Porter Davis customers under the Liquidated Builders Customer Support Payment Scheme.

Evan MULHOLLAND: I move:

That this petition be taken into consideration on the next day of meeting.

Motion agreed to.