Mr. Paul Benson:

I referred earlier to the damage threshold. The Minister has not yet set the damage threshold. There is a recommendation from the expert group. I mentioned many other considerations that also need to be discussed, including comfort levels. These will be taken on board before anything is set. The agency will then follow those and prioritise homes to be put forward for testing as a consequence of that.

On the other issue raised about boundary walls and garages, as a general rule they are not included. As the Senator will know, it is just the structure of the home. There is some flexibility within the Bill in the context of not remediating a structure that would potentially impact the structure being remediated. The agency will have some discretion around that.