Kevin Rudd to be questioned over botched insulation scheme after Abbott Government orders formal inquiry The inquiry would be done in consultation with the families of those who died while installing insulation under the Rudd Government's program. Political correspondent Steve Lewis says the parents of one of the failed home insulation scheme victims have accused PM Kevin Rudd of putting the election ahead of his personal apology to the victims' families. KEVIN Rudd will be ordered to reveal the secrets of his deadly home insulation program before a judicial inquiry to be commissioned by the Abbott Government. Draft terms of reference exclusively obtained by The Sunday Mail reveal the judicial commission will demand answers of the top echelons of the former Rudd government. Matthew Fuller, Rueben Barnes, Mitchell Sweeney and Marcus Wilson died between 2009 and 2010 while installing insulation in the former government's rush to save the economy after the global financial crisis. Environment Minister Greg Hunt, who has previously called for Mr Rudd to release all correspondence between him and his ministers, wants the report finalised by June 30 next year. He also wants evidence given publicly and not behind closed doors. Parents of insulation scheme victim slam Kevin Rudd Kevin Rudd takes responsibility for insulation scheme deaths Coroner's findings over insulation deaths a blow to Rudd Mr Hunt's office told The Sunday Mail it was too early to release details on the inquiry. However, The Sunday Mail has obtained the draft terms of reference, showing plans for the commission are well advanced. Wendy Sweeney with a photograph of her son Mitchell, who died while installing home insulation batts. The inquiry could open the door to compensation payouts for families of those killed. Mr Hunt said the inquiry would be done in consultation with the families of the deceased men. "The Government is committed to a full inquiry into Kevin Rudd's home insulation scheme that was linked to the tragic loss of four young lives," Mr Hunt said. We are currently consulting with families affected by this massive policy failure. Of the 10 terms of reference, the yet-to-be disclosed commissioner is ordered to determine how the then government made its decisions on the $2.8 billion program and what extra steps it should have taken to avoid deaths, fires and loss of business. Matthew Fuller was electrocuted while installing foil insulation at a home south of Brisbane. "The judicial commission is to be conducted in such a manner as to enable the families of the deceased tradesmen and all others who have suffered loss and damage (to get) the maximum transparency and access to information disclosed by the evidence before it," the terms of reference say. The terms include: ● The process and basis of government decisions while establishing the program, including risk assessment and risk management; ● Whether the death of the four men could have been avoided; ● What if any advice or undertakings given by the government to the industry were inaccurate or deficient, and; ● What steps the government should have taken to avoid the tragedies. The inquiry could also open the door to compensation payouts for families, business and homeowners. The then gang of four - Mr Rudd, Julia Gillard, Wayne Swan and Lindsay Tanner, plus then environment minister Peter Garrett and Parliamentary Secretary Mark Arbib - helped form or deliver the program and have many of the answers in front of the inquiry. Top bureaucrats also face intense scrutiny. A number of inquiries have been held into the scheme but the former ministers have never given evidence outside of Parliament. Marcus Wilson was installing roof insulation batts in Penrith, NSW, when he died in 2009. The three Queensland businesses were prosecuted for workplace health and safety breaches, while the NSW business is no longer operating but did give evidence before a NSW coroner's inquest. Through their lawyer Peter Koutsoukis, of Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, the Sweeney family said they wanted policies put in place to save other families grief. The Sweeney family will assist with the Federal Government's inquiry, their priority has always been to see that no other family goes through what they have had to endure through the loss of their son Mitchell and they are happy to assist in any process that helps to further raise awareness of this. A number of inquiries and investigations have been undertaken into this matter to date, and the family remains hopeful that this new inquiry will help to strengthen recommendations made previously to address safety issues for electrical workers, including ensuring that recommendations made earlier this year by the Coroner (Michael Barnes) relating to installation of safety switches and a broader public awareness campaign outlining key risks are implemented as a priority. Other families would not comment or could not be contacted. Rueben Barnes was 16 when he was electrocuted while installing insulation batts at a property at Stanwell, southwest of Rockhampton. In 2009, the chairman of the ElectroComms and Energy Utilities Industry Skills Council Peter Tighe said the government ignored advice about electrical safety training for installers. The commission could open up old wounds within the Labor Party - Mr Garrett is understood to have privately blamed Mr Rudd for not listening to him about problems with the scheme. Mr Rudd demoted Mr Garrett over the scheme in February 2010. It is the first time since 2006 that a sitting or former prime minister is likely to be called to a judicial inquiry. John Howard was a sitting prime minister when he was called before the Cole Inquiry, an investigation into whether the Australian Wheat Board, a wheat marketing body, paid kickbacks to Iraq. Ironically it was Mr Rudd pushing for the inquiry. Mr Garrett and Mr Rudd did not comment on Saturday but Labor's environment spokesman Mark Butler said there had been eight inquiries, reviews, and audits into the scheme and its implementation, including the Queensland Coroner's Report. "Without seeing draft terms of reference, it's hard to know what a further Inquiry will add to this matter," he said.