Ms Kath Cottier:

One of the aims of the Construction Defects Alliance is to give a voice to the invisible. We can say how many people are involved and that they are legitimate. They want to come and talk to their public representatives, to tell their stories. We say they can do that in a safe place and there are numbers behind this, with many people affected. One of the points made to us when we are interviewed on this subject is that the buyer should beware. We are asked if did not look into this carefully, using the inspections. The people who bought in all of these complexes are very responsible purchasers. They got legal advice, bought from reputable companies, had companies that signed off to say that things had been built according to planning conditions, and fire certificates had been signed off. They could not have bought more responsibly, yet they are left holding the problem. There has to be some level of inspection and a recognition that people have suffered.