Documents concerning residences which contain ‘Mr Fluffy’ asbestos
Canberra Times 2 February 2017 A builder who lodged an application to redevelop a Narrabundah house failed to disclose the property contained loose-fill asbestos despite learning it was a Mr Fluffy house upon sale. More…
Planning Minister Mick Gentleman responded on 9 March 2016 to the ISCCC Chair’s letter of 4 February 2016 to MLAs regarding his decision on retitling Mr Fluffy RZ1 blocks (Territory Plan Variation No. 343) . More…
The Canberra Times 4 March 2016 Chief Minister Andrew Barr advises he has failed to win the support of the Commonwealth and NSW to establish a board of inquiry into the Fluffy affair. More…
Canberra Times 11 February 2016 The Legislative Assembly has passed zoning changes which effectively allow subdivision in Mr Fluffy RZ1 blocks. More…
The ISCCC has written to Members of the Legislative Assembly on 4 February 2016, urging that DV343 be disallowed on the grounds of poor planning and social unfairness. More…
ABC News 17 November 2015 Planning Minister Mick Gentleman has tabled a draft, in the Legislative Assembly, of the Variation to the Territory Plan 343 that he approved on 11 November 2015. More…
The Canberra Times 28 October 2015 Chief Minister Andrew Barr has again rejected an early inquiry into the Mr Fluffy crisis, but says he will ask Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to help pay for and co-operate with a joint inquiry. More…
The Canberra Times 27 October 2015 Chief Minister Andrew Barr has extended the Fluffy buyback and demolition scheme to include some properties that share a wall or roof with a contaminated house. More…
The Canberra Times 28 November 2015 A former president of the Yarralumla Residents Association has warned the neighbourhood character of Canberra suburbs could be destroyed because the government had failed to highlight how many opportunities existed for “on the street” homes on subdivided Mr Fluffy blocks. More…
Canberra Times 31 August 2015 On the wall of the Asbestos Taskforce offices in London Circuit is a spaghetti junction diagram that brings home the nightmarish complexity of the demolition schedule of Canberra’s 1022 Fluffy homes, as authorities juggle competing demands on a dangerous project ripe for error. More…
Canberra Times 1 September 2015 The face of 56 of Canberra’s most established suburbs is set to change dramatically with the ACT Asbestos Response Taskforce unveiling its demolition schedule for 671 Mr Fluffy homes over the next three years. More…
Canberra Times 23 July 2015 The ACT Assembly will hold an inquiry into the plan to allow Fluffy blocks tobe split in two, calling for public submissions on Friday. The news will be welcomed by the large number of Canberrans who have already voiced opposition to the plan to allow…
