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#318593 2-Feb-2025 17:12

28 Charged in Bribery Scandal!

28 people have been charged in a massive bribery scandal, where VBA officials allegedly accepted bribes to fast-track builder registrations without proper checks. The IBAC investigation uncovered years of corruption that may have led to unqualified builders working across Victoria.

and this is the system that they want to push onto nz consumers with self certification etc.

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#3338251 2-Feb-2025 17:15

i've been following the site inspector tiktok/youtube for awhile, scary times ahead in NZ if they proceed with a similar system.

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#3338365 2-Feb-2025 19:36

Australians seem to love Regulations and corruption in equal measures.

I've been discussing building inspection with a neighbour who has been working as a builder for 70 years yet still has to wait for council inspectors to visit before continuing with the most basic of projects. It seems crazy that he probably gets more inspection than larger projects.

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#3338371 2-Feb-2025 20:09

Bung:

Australians seem to love Regulations and corruption in equal measures.

I've been discussing building inspection with a neighbour who has been working as a builder for 70 years yet still has to wait for council inspectors to visit before continuing with the most basic of projects. It seems crazy that he probably gets more inspection than larger projects.

many residential builders can up and disappear if stuff goes wrong. a lot more difficult for eg fletchers to do that. thats the issue, councils are last man standing so its on them to make sure its done properly. a bit of slowdown and extra cost for inspections certainly beats being stuck with a house that your stuck with the repair bill.

thats part of what's been proposed, limit council liability so home owners get stuck with the repair bill for the dodgy building work. especially if they bring in remote inspections where builders film what they want the inspector to see.

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#3338382 2-Feb-2025 21:00

Bung:

Australians seem to love Regulations and corruption in equal measures.

I've been discussing building inspection with a neighbour who has been working as a builder for 70 years yet still has to wait for council inspectors to visit before continuing with the most basic of projects. It seems crazy that he probably gets more inspection than larger projects.

Wow that guy's pretty old to still be lugging building material around! :-)

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#3338601 3-Feb-2025 15:06

tweake: The IBAC investigation uncovered years of corruption that may have led to unqualified builders working across Victoria.

And what's the excuse for all the other states?

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#3338709 3-Feb-2025 17:39

neb:

tweake: The IBAC investigation uncovered years of corruption that may have led to unqualified builders working across Victoria.

And what's the excuse for all the other states?

i suspect this is all just an easy thing to clamp down on to look like they are doing something, probably due to all the media attention. meanwhile they continue to ignore all the problems and i'm sure other states are just havn't had the media coverage.

the problems are systemic, its their version of leaky homes. builders self certification of work, the inspectors work for the builder, and the authorities are turning a blind eye.

i've seen some of the inspectors in usa and its the same problems.

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#3338728 3-Feb-2025 18:40

tweake:the problems are systemic, its their version of leaky homes. builders self certification of work, the inspectors work for the builder, and the authorities are turning a blind eye.

i've seen some of the inspectors in usa and its the same problems.

when i was in Melbourne I went to buy a car from a car dealer with "Free RACV (their equivalent of AA) inspection"

guy came in a RACV ute, and gave me a certificate, 100% passes no issues.

took it to an independent mechanic who told me the entire car is rusted at the bottom, likely flood submerged. they didn't even go any further, told me stop and don't waste my money and their time.

so you are 100% on point.

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#3338731 3-Feb-2025 18:51

I have seen a few of the videos from Site Inspections. He finds quite a few dodgy builds but also wonder how many inspections he does that are a good build from a competant builder.

I think he did some in WA recently that also showed some issues.

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#3338836 3-Feb-2025 20:14

k1w1k1d:

I have seen a few of the videos from Site Inspections. He finds quite a few dodgy builds but also wonder how many inspections he does that are a good build from a competant builder.

I think he did some in WA recently that also showed some issues.

i'm sure they do find good ones, but with his reputation i bet he gets called out mostly to the bad ones. but if the building industry was on its game then those guys would never have content to post in the first place.

in the usa there is a lot of inspectors that show a lot of horror stories, and i have even seen them from real estate sales people. even some real estate people don't want to gain a reputation of selling bad homes.