Kevin Rudd to give evidence in class action against insulation scheme
FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd will be called to give evidence in a class action against his government’s home insulation program, which was suddenly shut down in 2010.
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KEVIN Rudd will be called to give evidence in a class action against his government’s home insulation program.
An order was today made in the Victorian Supreme Court to serve a subpoena on the former prime minister, who will give evidence via video link.
The court has been told Mr Rudd was happy to co-operate as a witness.
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A date for his testimony has not yet been set.
More than 140 installers and manufacturers are involved in the class action against the Commonwealth of Australia over the insulation program.
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They allege they lost an estimated $150 million as a result of the sudden shutdown of the program by the federal government in 2010.
Mr Rudd’s government established the program in 2009 as part of its economic stimulus package in response to the global financial crisis.
But it was suspended prematurely after the death of four workers in Queensland and NSW.
Numerous new insulation businesses were established to answer the Government’s call to help meet that demand.
It is understood Mr Rudd will give his evidence from New York.