| Call for Government to stop BSA fining electrical contractors
Master Electricians Australia (MEA) says licensed contractors are increasingly being unfairly targeted by Queensland's Building Services Authority (BSA) over technical breaches. Mr Richards says if the homeowners had been invoiced separately, there would be no breach. He says if the work is invoiced on one bill, it constitutes a breach under the Act. "The expense of disputing a $2,000 fine can run up a legal bill of $30,000 to $50,000," he said. He says it is bureaucracy gone mad. More than 1,000 people packed into a church on Queensland's Sunshine Coast for the funeral service for teenage surf lifesaver Matthew Barclay. "There are many electrical contractors who will not touch this work now because of the BSA and the likelihood that the BSA will follow around and issue them fines of more than they made out of the job in the first place. "In my discussions with BSA themselves, they've indicated they are in an active campaign to fine electrical contractors who are doing this work," he said. A campaign is underway to lower the age miscarriages become classified as stillbirths in a push aimed at helping grieving parents. He says Queensland's new Liberal National Party (LNP) Government must step in and amend the Act. "We wrote to the previous Labor government on this issue - we're now calling on the new Minister for Housing, Bruce Flegg, to hit the emergency stop button on BSA and get in and have a good look at this issue. A girl band in Burma is enjoying the relaxation on laws governing artistic expression as the country opens up following elections. Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten discusses the honourable MP Craig Thomson and the electorate of Knife-edge. Call for Government to stop BSA fining electrical contractors |
Friday, 6 April 2012
Call for Government to stop BSA fining electrical contractors
