The Good Builder has teamed up with our mates at Sunshine Mitre 10 to give away a $500 Mitre 10 gift card, redeemable at Mitre 10 stores right across Australia. Whether it goes toward tools, materials, or something you've been putting off buying, five hundred dollars...
As Christmas Day arrives, we want to take a moment to say thank you to every member of The Good Builder community. This year has been big, full of challenges, progress, new ideas, better conversations and a real shift towards lifting the standard of our industry. And...
The Porsche Carrera Cup returned to South Australia over the weekend, with Round 5 held at The Bend Motorsport Park in Adelaide. For the MyConstruct team, it was a weekend of breakthrough success and hard lessons, with driver Brett Boulton claiming his first-ever...
From Damp Tarmac to the Podium Queensland Raceway’s return to the Carrera Cup calendar brought challenging wet conditions, and an impressive P2 finish for Brett Boulton in the MyConstruct Porsche. The Pro-Am podium came at the halfway point of the championship and...
Building for the Future event shows how open conversations can drive industry progress At a time when residential construction is facing both exciting opportunities and serious challenges, the value of connected, informed industry communities has never been higher....
Queensland Day just got a whole lot louder. On Friday, June 6th — the same day QLD turns 166 — we’re launching something new for the home building industry. It’s grassroots, it’s for the crew on the tools and the legends behind the scenes, and most importantly, it’s...
The Sydney Build Expo brought the energy, and then some for 2 BIG Days! As the doors opened at ICC Sydney, the vibe was electric. Builders, designers, suppliers, engineers, and innovators swarmed the floors for another packed schedule of practical workshops,...
Day 1 is done — and what a brilliant way to kick things off. The halls of ICC Sydney were packed from the start, buzzing with builders, tradies, suppliers, architects, and project managers from across the country. From keynote...
Not everyone gets excited about expos and conferences as they do golf days. Fair enough. We get it. But Sydney Build Expo 2025 might be one worth sticking your nose into and not just for the free merch and nibblies. If you’re serious about staying sharp, making good...
The Sunshine Coast Convention Centre at Twin Waters was the place to be for tradies and builders last week, with over 1,130 attendees turning out for the 2025 Sunshine Mitre 10 Trade Event, their biggest and best yet. This year’s event broke records in both attendance...
Not everyone’s keen to talk contracts over brekky, or are they? We get it. Early morning legals aren't everyone’s idea of a good time. But if you’re building homes in Queensland and you’re not across Section 35 of Schedule 1B, you might be putting your business...
Let’s be honest; most builders and tradies don’t always jump at the thought of a “conference.” But what if it was actually built for you? No fluff, just real advice, helpful tools, and a chance to get ahead in a shifting industry. That’s exactly what’s on offer at...
“If we want the industry to get better, we have to get better,” says Duayne Pearce, builder, mentor, and host of The Level Up podcast. It’s a sentiment that’s not only fueling conversations across building sites but also sparking a movement one where upskilling,...
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Andy Shaw started his apprenticeship at 14, ran a bricklaying business for 15 years and has since worked alongside more than 25 bricklaying businesses around the country. On the podcast he set out why the trade is built differently to every other one on site, and why...
Declared events damaged 145,392 homes in 2025. The country completed 172,657 new ones. The repair market draws on the same trades, the same materials and the same capacity, and the official housing numbers do not separate the two. In 2025, declared natural disaster...
Queensland’s 100 largest residential builders wrote 962 fewer new home contracts in FY2025/26 and still lifted total contract value by 4.9%. For an industry that has long measured success in homes built, that gap raises a useful question about what growth actually...
One builder bought its cabinetry supplier. Two of the country’s largest companies are building a factory. Underneath both sits the same question about which part of the chain is worth controlling. Most builders answer a supply problem by finding another supplier. A...