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National Warranty Update  E-mail

The Housing Industry Association (HIA) is the nations only supporter of the Warranty Insurance and their position enables Governments to maintain this insidious regime which will see increased red tape and upheaval for most of its registered builders and no improvement for our consumers.

The Facts as known on the 7th June 2010

Victoria: QBE in partnership with the Vic Govt will deliver the warranty from the 31st May

NSW: QBE & Calliden will deliver the warranty on behalf of the Govt from 1st July 2010

WA: QBE & Calliden will deliver privatised warranty as it has been for another 3 years

SA: QBE & Calliden we believe will deliver privatised warranty as it has been for another 3 years

What wll be different and what are the terms & conditions and premiums?

Premiums are yet to be known however significant gouging is taking place.

Securities are still being sought in many cases

Victoria: All builders who had a letter of eligibility from January 2009 will be grandfathered into the new scheme on comparable terms (not the same in all cases) and all others and will be subject to a new assessment.

NSW: All builders who had a letter of eligibility from January 2009 will be grandfathered into the new scheme on comparable terms and all others will be subject to a new assessment. An additional requirement for any builder who has had any form of financial issues will be directed to employ what they have termed a managed option. (Managers of your business)

WA & SA: Should be much the same as before.

Overview

There is no doubt our industry will yet again suffer severely from these new arrangements while our consumers will see no improvement whatsoever. However all States Governments and more specifically the major States will  benefit handsomely as they now become the recipients of the premiums which will increase dramatically while owner & bad builders will further increase to the detriment of our industry. In a nutshell same horse different stable

The HIA is the major warranty insurance broker, and continues to place its commercial interests ahead of those of the builders of this nation.

 
 
The Bumbling Brumby Government  E-mail


 

The bumbling Brumby Government has missed a self-imposed deadline to sort out the warranty insurance scheme that is supposed to protect homebuyers and renovators if their builder fails them. 

Maybe if it did we could find some form of understanding for all this nonsense.

But more importantly Mr Brumby you are now impacting on builders, their businesses, their families, and their ability just to operate and make a living.

All this heartache and anguish for no tangible result except to possibly line the Government coffers.
 
Where are the trade associations in our time of need?

The Herald Sun had their say at this link: 

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/brumby-government-miss-deadline/story-e6frfh4f-1225858541268

 

 
 
Intimidation  E-mail

 

 

The Productivity Commission calls it a “running sore” while "CHOICE" calls them junk policies making a mockery of consumer protection.

Builders on the other hand can’t believe our industry has suffered so dramatically at the hands of such blatant incompetence over the issue of consumer protection and industry management. (But we allowed it to happen)

This “Stateline” segment says it all:

 

            http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/04/09/2869082.htm

 

“We were advised by two very senior insurance brokers HIA & MBAV that unless we pulled our heads in, so to speak, that our chances of getting insurance for this year was gonna be compromised”


Intimidation on this level in the Australian building industry.   YES, you had better believe it!  
 
Upper House Inquiry  E-mail
Parliament of Victoria Standing Committee on Finance & Public Administration

Inquiry into Builders Warranty Insurance

Public Consultation

The Committee has received the following written submissions to the inquiry.

The first public hearings will commence on the 15th March 2010 and continue on the 8th April 2010

No.Name / Group Size
1 Mr Lance Patison - Building Industry Solutions P/L 1,944 Kb
2 Glen Crest Homes 166 Kb
3 Andris Blums 32 Kb
4 Master Builders Association of Victoria 390 Kb
5 Builders Collective of Australia 1,197 Kb
6 Peter & Christine Webb 100 Kb
7 Master Painters and Finishing Trades Association 76 Kb
8 Maria and James Fernandez 8,031 Kb
9 Keith Hughes 11 Kb
10 M.R. Constructions (Vic) Pty Ltd 28 Kb
11 Rick & Photini Pelletier 33 Kb
12 Michael Stokes 1,931 Kb
13 Design Construct Complete 100 Kb
14 RJ Dohmen Constructions and Hi Point Homes 131 Kb
15 QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited 433 Kb
16 Elevation One Building Design 29 Kb
17 Building Ethics Australia 2,137 Kb
18 Fay Brassington 39 Kb
19 Kathy Frost 483 Kb
20 Rob Siebert 68 Kb
21 Salmon and Young Developments Pty Ltd 9 Kb
22 Marina and Giorgio De Nola 52 Kb
23 Home Australia 16Kb
24 Philip Matthews 8 Kb
25 Daniel O'Farrell 8 Kb
26 Housing Industry Association 398 Kb
27 Cabinet Makers Association Inc 3,218 Kb
28 Christine Chua 48 Kb
29 Berryl Glasson 10 Kb
30 Colin Neal 7 Kb
31 Builders Collective Australia - Primary Sub 1,385 Kb
32 Janine Bransden & Chris Carlson 36 Kb
33 Peter Neil 15 Kb
34 Unimutual 50 Kb
35 Jeanine Andrighetto 38 Kb
36 Government 602 Kb
37 Wayne McStay 7 Kb
38 O'Loughlin Design Service Pty Ltd 72 Kb
39 Rae Dalton 8 Kb
40 Steve Quinn 29 Kb
41 Wainwright Constructions Pty Ltd 7 Kb
42 Andrew Urie and Anne Paten 435 Kb
43 Consumers Collective of Australia 423 Kb

 
 
New Vic Inquiry into BWI  E-mail

 

If you have had building problems, you now have an opportunity to make your voice heard and help change the system. The Victorian Inquiry into Builders Warranty Insurance (Home Warranty Insurance) will be held early in 2010. Please contact the Consumers Collective for more information. Submissions need to be in soon, so make contact immediately to make sure your views are considered. You can help make a difference and contribute to improving protection for consumers who build or renovate houses.

If
 you wish you can telephone Anne on  0401 226 048  or you can send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it    
 
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