Mr Speaker,
Officers and senior management of the Department of Fair Trade and the Building Services for at least 12 months, possibly longer, have either by gross negligence, or by deliberate misconduct, allowed a conman, John Biles, director of a number of companies (Coral Coast Homes, SSM Products Pty Ltd, trading as Steelsmart Building Systems) to operate unchecked in the Wide Bay Burnett.
At a public meeting on Thursday 11.6.09, 37 people shared experiences, all which had 2 common themes:
1) John Biles has fraudulently and illegally taken money from and ruined the lives of many of my constituents, residents and workers.
2) This Government through its departments of Fair trade and the BSA, even thought they were warned many times over at least the last year, failed to act to protect pensioners, families and retirees from this unscrupulous and heartless conman.
Today, after receiving many written and oral statements from victims …
I am referring the actions of public officials, including the BSA and others to the CMC for investigation.
( Table letter to the CMC )
I also table the letters of complaints from 11 customers and or contractors who have had dealings with the BSA, department of Fair Trading and Mr Biles.
This government, its ministers and public officials must be prepared to listen compassionately and act immediately to help these people recover their money and / or complete building their homes.
This Government must not attempt a cover up of the departmental mismanagement and or misconduct which allowed this sorry and avoidable situation to develop.
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Corruption, mismanagement, misconduct of government departments??? Who is really accountable here? Who will hang for this? Anna hasn't said a word about this yet. Is this because this is an example of the corrupt manner she rules over her peasant subjects? Aren't her spin doctors good enough to fight against the TRUTH? That is a turn up for the books.
ReplyDeleteThe CMC should have power to make things happen. Don't hold your breath though. There are people in the corridors of power who specialist in smoke and mirrors. The CMC report can take as much as 12 months before they give a reply. Ask Rob Messenger to put a timeline on the CMC actions and not leave it with a date to be defined. Ask Rob will he take this to the PCMC (He will know what this is) if the timeline is not satisfactory. What will he raise back into parliament and who will then action the recommendations. Before all those affected by this put their faith blindly into a politician ask the questions about responsibility for the problem, accountability for the steps forward, timelines for the actions by the CMC, BSA and other government departments, direction after the report is returned by the CMC. Will this be tabled into Parliament with recommendations????
Don't forget to ask question on what is to happen in the meantime. Will houses be completed? Will people be compensated? What is a clear path forward to keep people employed and the completion of family homes?