hi plumber, you have to do volume, i wrote one email and then copy/paste the whole lot of M.Ps.eads into it,try that,cheers

Good old copy paste trick aye! Something generic on here would be great! Imagine the spam lol..

hi guys,looks like a report is due out:- 5.4.2013. cheers.
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Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Amendment BillThe bill proposes amendments to the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006 to validate a disciplinary levy and an offences fee prescribed by the Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board. The bill also seeks to extend the Board's power to impose levies so that it has funding for all of its functions, including the prosecution of non-registered persons.
Member in charge:   Hon Maurice Williamson
Type of bill:   Government
Parliament:   50
Bill no:   101-1
Introduction:   11/3/13
First reading:   14/3/13
Referred to:   Government Administration Committee
Report due:   5/4/13

Select Committee got an extension from the Business Committee and now do not have to report back until 22nd April.   Also all correspondence will be tabled as if it were a submission - so well done to everyone who sent one in - they didn't exactly say how many they had, but they did allude to the fact that they had received quite a few.

Rodza I don't think they will be too worried as by the time the decision comes out they will already have the money from licensing and discipline so there is no longer a risk of them being insolvent. But I see it this way - if the Bill isn't passed we have gone from the Ombudsman telling them to pay back $600,000 for the first event, then we will claim the $600,000 from the second event and the one we are paying now is the third event at $600,000.  So it will have escalated to $1.8 million.

If the Bill does pass then we go to court and hold the Board and CEO liable for not taking reasonable care and acting in bad faith . The Bill will prove it was an illegal action and is it taking reasonable care doing illegal acts and is it acting in bad faith doing an illegal action that affects others knowing it is illegal.

Get ready to start collecting signatures for a class action and fund raising for the lawyers fees.

The lesson Maurice is sending to the industry and the general public is do what ever the f*ck you like,  and if you get caught, make it legal later by speaking to the right people or talking your way out of it.

Right...now thats been said...off to cause some anarchy in my city then get off scot free haha. Thanks for the life lesson uncle Maurice 

  I am all for parity in the trades.....I would love to pay what a sparky does for their licences and same CPD requirements.... ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS

I second that. Fees and levies are getting beyond a joke and with a minister condoning legalized theft its no wonder I've dusted of the passport   

Aboutgas you probably wouldn't qualify to get back in the country now but if we work on it hard enough we can get a criminal conviction for the Board and Williamson and then they will qualify to enter Australia. 

We could get the Board to pay for it as they have done so in the past for a pissup so why not for something serious.