NSW Government exploits plight of Opal Tower residents for political purposes

The timing of yesterday’s announcement of a crackdown on building certifiers by Minister Matt Kean is questionable and a shameful mis-use of the Opal Tower situation to suit a grandstanding agenda.

Minister Kean’s attacks on building surveyors, or certifiers as they are known in NSW, will do nothing whatsoever to help affected residents who have been forced from their homes, nor facilitate a faster result of the investigation now underway into the cause of cracks in a pre-cast concrete panel in the building.

See the full AIBS media statement below.