Melbourne high-rise fire won't speed up work on Grenfell-style cladding, premier says

Daniel Andrews says government will maintain measured approach after Spencer Street blaze

A Melbourne high-rise fire will not prompt speedier action from the Victorian government to rectify risky building cladding like that fitted to London’s Grenfell Tower.

The Labor premier, Daniel Andrews, said on Tuesday his government would maintain a measured approach to the issue, and was unmoved by Monday’s blaze, started by a cigarette on the 22nd floor of the 40-storey Spencer Street apartment block.

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