Well known ambulance chasers Shine Lawyers eh?
No mention of the Bozo's that screwed up the install, noooo it has to be the Gubbermans fault.
It's like Peter Garrett went round there himself and did the job.
Shine Lawyers are just doing this for the free publicity.
I wonder if he had an Earth Leakage cutoff switch, anrn't they supposed to stop this sorth of thing?
Last edited by Globe; 15-02-10 at 04:50 PM.
Globe (15-02-10)
Vigilante Justice.? Are they pursuing Peter Garrett in this fashion.?
There are Laws, Health and Safety act, regulations, Codes of Practice etc that govern these. Even if some of these lack specific specific detail there is a common law duty of care to be considered. I would like to see a copy of the JSA for each of the fatal incidents.
I see this as having highlighted flaws in existing regulations which may be under the control of State Government Ministers.
The deaths of the installers will be investigated and charges laid as per whatever State authority sees as needed such as Workcover in Victoria.
What about Solar hotwater rebates, solar panel rebates and water tank rebates etc.? These have been accepted. The main push for these schemes is to reduce greenhouse gasses and energy use requiring more powerstations to be built and will benefit the average punter. The funds also go into the big "money go round" to also stimulate the economy.
Disclosure- I have benefitted from the Solar hot water scheme and potentially from the solar panel scheme.
Why couldnt they place a layer of insulation over any electrics on install.
This is all because cowboys working under big companies do the work.
We had em here .They didnt need to measure the house lol.They got it of the satellite images lol
Then there is the downlight issues from heat .Another kettle of fish
Last edited by Oscar; 16-02-10 at 07:51 PM.
Godzilla (17-02-10)
No, but they should be. They have a far better chance of being right than running around madly trying to find individuals to blame.
This should have all been sorted via co-ordination between the federal and state authorities PRIOR to any rollout of this type. But it wasn't. It was a politically motivated rush job, and should be seen so. The world isn't going to climate change hell by waiting for possible pitfalls to be sorted out.
More Australian deaths have occurred in this fiasco than in the Afgahn war for christs sake.
Disclosure- I havn't benefitted from the Solar hot water scheme and potentially from the solar panel scheme, or any other scheme for that matter. But thats from choice.
Cheers
enf
The fact that there's a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven says a lot about the anticipated traffic flow.
Peter Garrett doesn't spend a whole lot of time in reality - never has.
What a poorly planned and disastrously executed plan to win a few greenie votes.
Did he seriously think his little scheme would not be rorted by all and sundry?
What planet does this idiot live on? Utopia?
Krudd's stimulus dollar windfall (also known as Howard's Surplus) couldn't have been pissed down the drain any faster by this moron.
Had my house done today. I counted two installers going in to the roof space and counted two returning safe and well.They used non conductive localy made bats I selected after a bit of investigation.It's up to me to make sure any work carried out on my house is safe.I can't see how anyone can blame a third party for bad or unsafe work.It's also up to me to protect my family and ask many question,use my own common sense then make a informed choice even if is is free.
I had one company ring my wife to ask if we had received a rebate then proceeded to book us for a quote.They rang back the next day to change the time so I promply declined the offer. I did not want to deal with a company that ignored we were on the do not call register. It just sounded alarm bells to me and I was glad to be rid of them.I had a few words to my wife about what had happend because she didn't understand why I was upset as she thought she was doing a good thing(and it was).The problem was she could not tell me anything about who they were or what they were using for insulation.
I've got to say I was pissed off.
I guess the good side of it was we did get insulation fitted and it was free and safe.
The only time the government gives out freebies or a rebate is two months after I've paid full price full price for the product or service!!! In the last week and a have I've had about 4 different teams of Pakis/Indians asking if I've got insulation in the roof and a lot of these people look like they've just stepped off an Indonesian Fishing Boat. Is this why Rudd keeps letting these people in, as canon fodder to replace those getting killed in the industry????
The Eagle Flies High!
This is what I was talking about in my original post. The minimum requirement is very low below R value 0.5 (which is almost nothing at all considering most installs are approx between R 3.0 to 6.0 depending on the insulation used) and most places with any type of existing insulation are well over that therefore are not eligible for the rebate. A lot of installers will do it anyway and claim the rebate and charge enflated prices for the work so they get as much money as possible. Obviously they would prefer to remove the existing insulation "evidence" first so if it gets audited there is no proof that the existing insulation was over the minimum insulation level.
"I said I already had insulation, my home was only built in 1995. But they wouldn't take no for an answer, they said it didn't matter."
Melbourne man Robert Crawford, who has worked in the industry for almost six years, said he walked away from the scheme in disgust.Mr Shinnick said a Templestowe customer, who had insulation installed by his company 12 years ago, decided she needed it "upgraded" after a random call from an insulator.
"The company who did it pulled out the old insulation, which was perfectly OK, put in substandard insulation and charged her to remove it," he said. "Now we have to fix it up because the workmanship is so bad."
Last edited by ingxen; 19-02-10 at 03:20 PM.
Insulation Scheme has been canned .
not canned but changed
as it should have been from the start
same as solar/hot water/lpg ect
Just what I heard for the promo for the news . Teach me for listening to them as usual they have stuffed it up.
Also water tanks have to be installed by a licensed plumber.
I dont think many people know about the federal rain water tank scheme .
You can double dip EG claim the state and federal schemes for the same installation.
Pandora perhaps and what we are seeing is his avatar.What planet does this idiot live on? Utopia?
The question is, who is driving it and why?
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