Noosa News
Why QLD building watchdog fails to protect homeowners | Des Houghton
Queensland’s building watchdog is under a cloud over serious allegations that it has failed to protect Queenslanders from dangerous building practices, writes Des Houghton.
After a six-year battle with government regulators blocking his every move, Shaun McCrystal has succeeded in tearing down a wall of official secrecy to expose the building industry’s dirty little secret: Some apartment blocks are fire hazards, built too close to family homes just like his.
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