Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—Changes to the National Construction Code relating to smoke alarms were only completed in 2014. The Building Code of Australia, Volume 1, pertaining to class 2 to class 9, commercial buildings, and Volume 2, for class 1 and class 10 buildings, residential buildings, are being amended to require interconnected smoke alarms where more than one smoke alarm is required in class 1 dwellings, and in sole occupancy units of class 2, 3 and 4 parts of buildings. At the time that the Australian Fire and Emergency Services Authorities Council, said:

AFAC and member agencies have lobbied hard for these changes and we have successfully collaborated with the Australian Building Codes Board to achieve this outcome.

All of the other matters relating to the motion, as Senator Macdonald indicated, fall within the responsibilities of the states and territories.