Cancellation of the botched home insulation scheme was probably the only way to stop the rorts that have left four people dead and house fire numbers nearing a hundred - but it will be at a cost to unintended victims.
Before this scheme was introduced there was an existing home insulation industry. It employed people who were well trained in doing a safe and efficient job in that field - and now they face unemployment.
The cancelled home insulation scheme will be replaced with a new edition which reduces the grant from $ 1200 to $ 1000 - but this will not commence until June, to give time to establish the checks and balances.
Nobody is going to proceed with home insulation in the knowledge that if they wait until June they will save a thousand dollars - and as a consequence the existing home insulation industry has a bleak immediate future.
People who have done nothing wrong are going to be made redundant and those existing home insulation firms will face a loss of trade.
If this debacle is an example of government efficiency, then it will certainly make some people have second thoughts about the wisdom of a Federal takeover of the hospital system.
Or any other national initiative that requires good planning !
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