Flamable cladding found on MCG,government reveals

Flamable cladding found on MCG,government reveals

In Parliament on Tuesday night,Labor MP Jaclyn Symes said a small amount of cladding had been identified on the northern stand of the venue but there was no risk to public safety.

  • bySimone Fox Koob

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'We need more resources':Frontline firefighters diverted to cladding crisis
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'We need more resources':Frontline firefighters diverted to cladding crisis

Hundreds of buildings throughout NSW are potentially covered in flammable material,and the government refuses to tell us which ones.

  • byTom Rabe andNick Bonyhady
ATC sets aside $12m for replacement of cladding on Randwick grandstand

ATC sets aside $12m for replacement of cladding on Randwick grandstand

ATC budgets for $12 million cladding placement project on the Queen Elizabeth grandstand.

  • byChris Roots
'Grenfell-like incident':Minister sits on cladding crisis recommendations

'Grenfell-like incident':Minister sits on cladding crisis recommendations

A recommendation by the NSW Building Commissioner on how the state should handle the flammable cladding crisis has been sitting with government for two months.

  • byTom Rabe
Cladding list kept secret amid demands for action on'construction crisis'
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Construction

Cladding list kept secret amid demands for action on'construction crisis'

A list of 444 buildings across NSW potentially clad in flammable material has been released to the NSW Parliament,but cannot be shown to the public.

  • byTom Rabe andNick Bonyhady
Knowing who to blame is cold comfort to owners of defective apartments

Knowing who to blame is cold comfort to owners of defective apartments

Far from a monumental reform,the state government's proposed laws are tackling Sydney's building crisis the wrong way.

  • byGeoff Hanmer
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Secret cladding list won't be revealed despite Marvel Stadium finding

Secret cladding list won't be revealed despite Marvel Stadium finding

The Andrews government won't release its secret list of dangerously clad buildings despite revelations that another public building has been found to have flammable cladding.

  • byRachel Wells
Risk of building fires better known with new database

Risk of building fires better known with new database

The worldwide database was compiled by UQ researchers in collaboration with state government agencies to help reduce fire risk in buildings.

  • byLucy Stone
Combustible cladding builder blocks sanctions in Supreme Court

Combustible cladding builder blocks sanctions in Supreme Court

A building regulator's attempt to sanction and potentially deregister a builder for installing combustible cladding that caught fire may be stymied in court.

  • bySimon Johanson
Owners trying to get off secret cladding list in a'terrible Catch 22'

Owners trying to get off secret cladding list in a'terrible Catch 22'

Getting on the list of about 1100 dangerous buildings with flammable cladding is one thing but as Tony Weir has found out,getting off it is almost impossible.

  • byClay Lucas
Federal government refuses to release details of taxpayer-owned buildings which might be a fire hazard

Federal government refuses to release details of taxpayer-owned buildings which might be a fire hazard

The material was a major factor in the deadly Grenfell Tower fire in London which claimed 72 lives,and a blaze at Melbourne's Lacrosse Tower in 2014.

  • byJonathan Kearsley