QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT REMOVES ACCESS AND SAFETY FEATURES FROM SUSTAINABILITY DECLARATION
Article from http://www.qauhd.org/
The Queensland Government has removed the access and safety features checklist from its mandatory Sustainability Declaration without notice.
The Sustainability Declaration is provided to potential home buyers in Queensland. It is an important strategy to inform and educate home buyers and sellers on the features in the home which make a more sustainable Queensland.
Access and Safety was a key issue in the Queensland Government’s discussion paper ,“Improving Sustainable Housing In Queensland” which informed this all of government initiative.
QAUHD understands that the removal of the access and safety features was in response to the complaints of a small number of self-interested vocal people who found the form as a whole was “too complicated”. There were no specific complaints about the inclusion of features for access and safety.
Those people who are most affected, that is, families of children, older people, and people with disability were not consulted.
This appears to conflict with the Premier’s Q2 commitment to safe and caring communities.
It also questions the Premier’s mission to have a “design-led future for Queensland”.
For comparison of the forms click on the original Sustainability Declaration form (1 December 2009) and the Sustainability Declaration form (4 February 2010) with the access and safety checklist removed. QAUHD’s proposed form with access and safety checklist is here.
To express your concern contact The Premier, Anna Bligh MP at premier@ministerial.qld.gov.au
or
the Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, Stirling Hinchcliffe MP. at infrastructure@ministerial.qld.gov.au
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