Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes, with grave concern that:

(i)

several thousand Home Sustainability Assessors under the Government’s Green Loan Program (the program) have been denied any work for more than 1 month since Christmas 2009 due to the mismanaged shutdown of the program’s phone booking service, leaving many in severe financial hardship, and

(ii)

the company Fieldforce has consistently received preferential treatment through the program including being allowed to book as much work as it wanted during the shutdown period, despite thousands of other assessors being forced to go without work; and

(b)

calls on the Government to:

(i)

immediately provide clear and accurate information to the thousands of assessors regarding their ongoing work prospects,

(ii)

reveal immediately the special conditions and treatment being offered to Fieldforce, and

(iii)

review the program so that it provides a credible program, ensuring ongoing work for those Australians who have invested to become Home Sustainability Assessors on the back of the Government’s assurances.