NSW Better Regulation Minister Matt Kean has announced a 10-point plan to tackle the issue of flammable cladding, after an audit revealed more than 1000 buildings in the state could contain the material.

State authorities have been criticised previously for their lack of response to the 2014 fire at the Lacrosse apartments in Melbourne.

But London’s Grenfell Tower blaze, which killed at least 80 people, created a new urgency and Mr Kean says his plan is the most comprehensive in Australia.

“Our priority is to put consumers first and keep them as safe as possible in their homes,” he said. “We’ll do this by ensuring unsafe building products are taken off the shelves, buildings with cladding are identified and notified and that we only have people with the necessary skills and experience certifying buildings and signing off on fire safety.”

Mr Kean says strong legislation will be introduced to prohibit the sale and use of unsafe building products. He says every part of the supply and distribution chain will be responsible for making sure these products are only used for their intended purpose.

The plan includes:

• A comprehensive building product safety scheme to prevent use of dangerous products on buildings
• Identifying buildings that might have aluminium or other cladding
• Writing to building and strata managers or owners to encourage them to inspect the cladding and installation of cladding
• NSW Fire and Rescue visiting all buildings on the list, as part of a fire safety education program
• Expediting reforms to toughen up regulation of building certifiers
• Reforms to create an industry-based accreditation that will ensure only skilled and experienced people can conduct fire safety inspections
• Establishing a whole-of-government taskforce that will co-ordinate and roll out the reforms
• Instructing all government departments to audit their buildings and determine if they have aluminium cladding, with an initial focus on social housing.