[Received by email]

Dear Productivity Commission [PC]

Re: Standards and Accreditation Study 

As an Accredited Building Designer, who has been working within Building Industry since July 1988 as either an employee or (mainly) as a sole trader/company director, along with employing staff, I am pleased to see that the PC is reviewing the above subject.

My position on this subject is that I would like Standards (Codes and the like for any industry type) be freely accessible via the web for viewing and/or printing.

This position of mine will only help industries affected by Standard/s and this should hopefully minimize any excuse of ‘I did not know you had to do that?’ or ‘I can’t afford to purchase the standard, it’s too costly’ and so on.

Therefore, to put simply, if this position was adopted it will only make Australia’s industry better and stronger.

Kind regards

Stuart Quirk
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Quirk Design
Australia

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