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Its biggest Australian factory just hit a half-century, kept growing, and kept hiring locally. For builders, that continuity matters more than the milestone. This year, the James Hardie plant at Carole Park, on the western edge of Ipswich in South East Queensland,...
Fresh ABS data names the council areas leading the country for new home approvals this financial year. South East Queensland is out in front, and a handful of growth suburbs are pulling away from the pack. If you build homes for a living, the most useful number in the...
In a formal response to a Senate Committee, the Government has restated the environment reforms it passed in late 2025. For builders, the substance sits in three words: assessment, duplication and timing. In a new response to a Senate Committee report, the Australian...
Two homes that could not sell at $3 million have had their guides cut to $2.6 million. The reason they stalled matters more to builders than anything the show ever taught about renovation. For the first time in The Block’s history, homes from a previous season are...