ONE of the state’s biggest councils repeatedly snubbed Fire and Rescue NSW demands to manage deathtrap cladding — the only council in the state to do so.
The Daily Telegraph has obtained emails between Fire and Rescue and Blacktown Council showing the council has failed to respond to requests for checks of fire safety relating to potentially deadly cladding linked to last year’s Grenfell apartment tower fire in the UK.
Blacktown Mayor Stephen Bali is also a Labor MP in state parliament.
Better Regulation Minister Matt Kean last night slammed the Labor-led council, saying: “It’s absolutely reckless that Labor would treat this issue with so much disrespect.
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