Flammable Building Cladding

The Hon. F. PANGALLO (15:17): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Treasurer, representing the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport in another place, a question about flammable building cladding.

Leave granted.

The Hon. F. PANGALLO: It was revealed in the media recently that potentially flammable cladding on one of Adelaide's most recognisable and tallest buildings is being replaced after a government-led audit. The Advertiser reported the Grenfell Centre office tower on Grenfell Street, otherwise known as the 'black stump', was among dozens of buildings identified as having aluminium composite panels following a statewide audit triggered by the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London, in which 72 people died.

The building is home to a number of government and private tenants, including SA Health, PIRSA and law firms Lipman Karas and MinterEllison. Work is expected to be completed by February 2023. The building was identified as part of the government's South Australian Building Cladding Audit Interim Report undertaken in 2019, scant findings of which were released in October that year. My question to the minister is:

1. How many buildings identified as part of the audit have had their cladding replaced?

2. How many other buildings identified as part of the audit are still to have their cladding replaced?

3. How much has the government spent to date replacing the questionable cladding on government-owned buildings?

4. How many buildings in total were identified as having potentially flammable cladding as part of the audit?

5. How many are privately owned and how many are publicly owned?

6. Are private owners legally bound to replace the potentially flammable cladding?

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (15:19): As tempting as it might be, all I can say is I will refer the honourable member's question to the minister and bring back a reply.