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The launch of a fire-proof and waterproof building wrap designed for high-rise buildings and homes in bushfire zones is set to drive growth for its Salisbury North manufacturer.
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Planning Minister Stephan Knoll has rejected a call from the Adelaide City Council to allow it to publicly release details of buildings covered in flammable cladding, branding the move a “publicity stunt”.
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A major new report has found seven Adelaide buildings at “extreme risk” of fire from flammable cladding – but the State Government won’t identify them, and says there’s no need to evacuate residents or tenants.
A major development currently under construction near Adelaide’s city centre has scrapped plans to use polyethylene cladding on the building’s façade in the wake of London’s deadly Grenfell Tower blaze.
South Australian senator Nick Xenophon will push for new import laws to ban flammable cladding in the wake of London’s deadly Grenfell Tower fire.
A state parliamentary crossbencher says the Weatherill Government should have taken decisive action to ensure public safety over potentially-flammable high-rise cladding when he raised concerns about the issue more than two years ago.
