'We're getting more stressed':Pensioners'wait for government to fix cladding nightmare

'We're getting more stressed':Pensioners'wait for government to fix cladding nightmare

Pensioners Ruth and Graham Arvidson say the government's cladding replacement process has been shrouded in secrecy.

  • byJewel Topsfield

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Builders to blame for bad cladding will now be chased through courts

Builders to blame for bad cladding will now be chased through courts

The government refuses to publish the names of 15 buildings with dangerous cladding that will pay to fix,but The Age has identified seven apartment blocks set to get public money.

  • byClay Lucas andCharlotte Grieve
Rates rise despite fall in value of apartments with flammable cladding

Rates rise despite fall in value of apartments with flammable cladding

Council rates up despite value of apartments with flammable cladding falling.

  • byClay Lucas
Tower was a boarding house,not apartments,says fire engineer who signed off cladding

Tower was a boarding house,not apartments,says fire engineer who signed off cladding

Fire engineer being pursued by the Andrews government over high-profile cladding fires at city skyscrapers has gone to the Supreme Court to abandon his registration so he can't be fined.

  • byClay Lucas
Premier warns of'deadly outcomes'in cladding crisis blame game
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Premier warns of'deadly outcomes'in cladding crisis blame game

Lives could be lost without the state and federal governments working together to bring an end to the cladding crisis,Premier Daniel Andrews warns.

  • byBenjamin Millar
Deregistered surveyor has history of thousands of problem homes

Deregistered surveyor has history of thousands of problem homes

A building surveyor with a long history of approving shoddy houses and apartment projects in Melbourne’s south-east has pleaded to keep his licence to practice - despite failing to issue proper approvals for at least 1500 homes.

  • byClay Lucas andBenjamin Preiss
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Surveyor suspended for approving flammable cladding on five towers

Surveyor suspended for approving flammable cladding on five towers

A surveyor with a history of disciplinary action has been suspended for repeatedly approving flammable cladding.

  • byBenjamin Preiss
Australia's building crisis fix will cost $6.2 billion:report

Australia's building crisis fix will cost $6.2 billion:report

Sydney councils want more help to rectify dangerous flammable cladding,amid warnings the cost of fixing the national building crisis could pass $6.2 billion.

  • byMegan Gorrey andJacob Saulwick
'Outrageous':Apartment giant blasts nation's building standards

'Outrageous':Apartment giant blasts nation's building standards

Rising tide of strong office and industrial markets offsets residential slump as Mirvac delivers profit above $1 billion for fourth consecutive year.

  • bySimon Johanson andCarolyn Cummins
How can we stop the cladding crisis from happening again?
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How can we stop the cladding crisis from happening again?

Conspicuously absent from the cladding taskforce report is any recommendation to end,or limit,the current model of privatised building surveying.

  • byPeter Holding
Sydney cladding crisis would take $1 billion to fix,strata body warns

Sydney cladding crisis would take $1 billion to fix,strata body warns

The state's peak strata body organisation has warned that apartment owners will foot the bill for building defects unless the NSW government spends hundreds of millions to fix the"systemic crisis".

  • byTom Rabe andMegan Gorrey