AS ONE who has been caught up in the Green Loans debacle, I would like to see a Senate or judicial inquiry. There should also be compensation from the government, to those who have waited months for their accreditation as assessors, to come through and who now find themselves unemployed. As well as for those who have been accredited, but unable to get work because of a cosy deal between the Association of Building Sustainability Assessors and one preferred supplier.
Perhaps a class action from those affected, would at least shine a light on the incompetence of those administering this fiasco.
If the shemozzle that has surrounded the administration of the Green Loans scheme is repeated, in the handling of the proposed emissions trading legislation, then God help the country and the planet.
Greg Thomas, Annandale, NSW
ABSA does not operate the Green Loans booking centre and as such does not have a “cosy deal”. Fieldforce do have an arrangement with DEWHA as described in their own words in apress release dated 5 February: “Fieldforce employs small business owners as Green Loans Assessors. In order to provide work for these small business owners, Fieldforce has invested its own money in developing an IT interface to DEWHA. This interface allows us to be issued with booking numbers necessary for our assessors to complete each job,” said Michael Waymark, Acting Executive General Manager of Fieldforce. The full press release is available at http://www.envirosaver.com.au/pdf/fieldforce_media_release_20100205.pdf.
ReplyDeleteAlison Carmichael, CEO, ABSA