Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question. I am pleased to advise the Leader of the Opposition, through you, Mr Speaker, about the consultation process that has been a central feature of this program and continues to be so. I can advise the House that at a roundtable in February 2009 industry expressed a desire for a national unit of training to be developed for installers of insulation, recognising that this is an industry that previously had no dedicated training program. My department responded to this advice and contracted the Construction and Property Services Industry Skills Council, the peak training body for the industry, in consultation with DEEWR, to develop training materials for the safe and effective rollout of insulation in accordance with the Australian standards and as required under the guidelines.

Following that, CPSISC—I beg your pardon, there are many acronyms here—the Construction and Property Services Industry Skills Council, consulted widely with relevant industry organisations, including the insulation sector, the CFMEU, the MBA and the Housing Industry Association—

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