E-Petition

22 Jun 2021 4:39 PMMark Boothman
E-Petition

The Shadow Minister for Local Government joined me today with landowners affected by the recent landslip to speak to Channel 7 Gold Coast. We have recently started a petition that asks for geotechnical land history (as apart of a land title search) to better inform residents when purchasing land in new residential estates. E-Petition https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/.../petition-details..

TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

Queensland residents draws to the attention of the House the need for inclusion of geotechnical history, and greater transparency, of standard property and title searches for new residential developments.

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to ensure any residential property or title searches include:

Historical land stability history

Whether the land in question contains hummocky ground

Any natural ground water seepage

Unmapped water course/s

Any other potential land instability issues that could cause land subsidence.

Additionally, the search should include detailed works that have been implemented/undertaken to stabilise identified risk areas.