There is all sorts of insulation,,,,,as usual, this is sensational reporting, and, as ususal, you aint gettin the whole story.
“We're looking at our short-term and long-term future. I don't know if we can last until June,” managing director of Sydney insulation company Demand Group Doug Mill said.
Under the new system, householders will pay upfront for insulation, and then claim the money - cut from $1200 to $1000 - back through the Medicare system.
The old system encouraged the use of untrained and shonky contractors but from June it will be the responsibility of householders to ensure guidelines are followed.
OK...
1 - It seems the insulation is not cost effective without the subsidy - surprise. Does that sound familiar?
2 - “Shonky” contractors... you just learn new words every day...:^)
3 - The whole program is a mostly useless “jobs bill” that is “green”.
4 - How the heck did the Aussie Medicare program get to administrate it?
5 - The fix is to put technical code responsibility onto the homeowner - I wonder how many folks can really handle that?
I think the Aussie folks and the Zero folks must be talking to each other.
Actually, fiberglass fibers are harmless. They are usually 20 microns diameter, and are captured in the naso-pharyngial tract. Workers in manufacturing did not develop any disease, when exposed for over 30 years without respiratory protection. Asbestos fibrils are 0.02 microns diameter. I have a number of friends with asbestosis (insulators in refineries).
Yup. Thought that that was common sense especially if you are in the business. It can give you a nasty rash, too if it touches your skin.... it can burrow into your bloodstream and to your brain!!!! OMG.