FORMER senator Mark Arbib says he would have been "ringing alarm bells" about Labor's home insulation program if he'd known about deaths under a similar scheme in New Zealand.
Three New Zealanders were electrocuted while installing foil insulation in 2007.
The Rudd government scheme, rolled out in 2009, has been blamed for four deaths, including two electrocutions linked to foil insulation.
Mr Arbib has told a royal commission into the scheme that he didn't know three tradesman had died under the New Zealand program.
He said he never saw an email, sent to the government in July 2009, which raised the risk of electrocution and the New Zealand deaths.
"I don't believe I was ever advised of that," he told the inquiry.
"If I was advised about that I would have been ringing alarm bells."
Had he known about the New Zealand deaths, Mr Arbib said he would have made representations to then environment minister Peter Garrett and prime minister Kevin Rudd.
"If I would have seen that I would have raised it with the prime minister's office and ultimately the prime minster," he said.
Queenslander Matthew Fuller, 25, became the first to die working under the scheme when he pierced an electrical cable with a metal staple while securing foil insulation on October 14 2009.
But Mr Arbib said he was not involved in any high-level discussions about Mr Fuller's death.
"I was informed that the prime minister's office and Mr Garrett were dealing with it," he told the inquiry.
"I wasn't being asked into those meetings."
Mr Arbib said he never considered suspending or reviewing the program after Mr Fuller's death.
"I don't recall considering that," he said.
The royal commission continues.
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