REVIEW OF BUDGET ACCOMMODATION REGIME
Source: Queensland. Minister for Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services. Media Release
"The Bligh Government will review the current working arrangements for the inspection and enforcement regime for budget accommodation, Emergency Services Minister Neil Roberts announced today. “Over the three years between January 1, 2007 and February 1, 2010, the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service inspected 770 newly identified and unregistered student and backpacker accommodation buildings,” Mr Roberts told State Parliament. “Of these, 356 were issued with ‘Section 69 Requisitions’ to reduce occupancy numbers to below six persons until the building complies with the fire safety standards. “One hundred and thirty-nine buildings were issued with ‘Section 104G Notices’ to upgrade existing fire safety systems to comply with the safety standard. This departmental review will focus on the current working arrangements for the inspection and enforcement regime for budget accommodation."