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A new global report puts hard cost figures on the trades competition we flagged earlier this year. Brisbane's construction cost inflation is forecast to top the region at 7.2 per cent in 2026. When we wrote about the data centre boom draining the trades that build...
The headlines out of the Central West sweep were about fines. The more useful story is the short list of workmanship defects inspectors are quietly writing up on competent sites. When Building Commission NSW inspectors walked 10 building sites across the Central West...
A Gold Coast husband-and-wife painting crew has a name for what builders pay when a trade cuts a corner. They call it the FAFO tax, and their argument is that the cheapest quote on paper is almost never the cheapest job in the end. Brendan Kelly has been painting for...
Payday super started on 1 July. Two weeks in, the operators having a rough start almost all share the same two problems: a data issue hiding in their payroll file, and a July timing trap that catches even the organised. Payday super started on 1 July. For the first...