Tania Maxwell MP Member for Northern Victoria questions Consumer Affairs Minister Marlene Kairouz over the lack of action on Retirement Village reform.
"My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Consumer Affairs.
It is about the ongoing delay in the Government’s response to the report of the Legal and Social Issues Committee’s Inquiry into the retirement housing sector that was tabled in March 2017.
Of all the matters canvassed by the committee in that report, the two to which I would like to direct the most immediate attention are covered by Recommendations 2 and 15. Respectively, they called on the Government to:
- review the Retirement Villages Act 1986, following
sector-wide concerns especially around dispute resolution and
transparency of disclosures; and
- introduce a new alternative for low cost, timely and binding
resolution of disputes, through a new body or by extending the
powers of an existing ombudsman.
Even as recently as last month, the Minister for Consumer Affairs was still saying the Government is committed to holding the review and further considering dispute resolution processes in retirement villages.
So, set against all of that background, the action I seek from the Minister is the provision of a definitive statement on the public record about when the review of the Retirement Villages Act 1986 will specifically begin. As well as when a new body or extension of the powers of an existing ombudsman will be enacted to protect consumers. In turn, I also ask that the Minister specify who is conducting the review, what its terms of reference are, and when it will report."
Read the full transcript here:- http://taniamaxwell.com.au/adjournment-review-of-the-retirement-villages-act-1986/
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