people: Following the devastating Grenfell tower fire disaster last year in the UK that killed 72 people, Australian states and territories have begun to act to minimise the risk of a similar tragedy happening locally, according to Nine News Australia. The flammable type of cladding that caused the worst domestic blaze in Britain since World War II - and is now the focus of country-wide investigations - is aluminium composite panelling ACP with a polyethylene core. To improve your experience update it of residents could face unavoidable multi-million-dollar bills for dangerous cladding By Luke Cooper Benjamin Ansell1 39pm Sep 25, of property owners across Australia could soon be faced with unavoidable multi-million-dollar bills - or even prison - if they fail to ensure buildings constructed with flammable cladding materials don't meet new safety regulations. The devastating Grenfell tower fire disaster in the UK in 2017 has spurred Australian states and territories into action to reduce the risk of a similar tragedy. That's because this month, not only did the state Liberal government outlaw multiple flammable cladding types, including ACP, on new and existing buildings of two storeys or higher - requiring owners to register them online and work towards removing the panelling or sufficiently mitigating any risk - but they also moved to ban the material retrospectively. AAP And while each state and territory is approaching the life-threatening issue differently, it is in NSW where unknowing residents could be hit with ginormous bills they have no way of avoiding or face being fined - or even sent to jail.
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