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From the start of the new financial year, almost any roof job on a single-storey home in SA becomes high-risk construction work. For most residential builders, the day-to-day change is simple: a Safe Work Method Statement now has to be in place before the work starts....
A new bill before Queensland Parliament would let the state compulsorily acquire private land to help deliver projects of state significance. Owners keep their right to compensation, but the usual avenues to contest the underlying decision on its merits would be...
A long-established Perth and Melbourne truss fabricator has secured just over $3 million in state funding to automate its Western Australian plant, and the detail behind the grant tells builders something useful about where component supply is going. A.G. Trusses, a...
Most of the housing debate in Australia comes down to a few familiar levers. Interest rates. Migration. Planning approvals. Tax settings. All of them matter. But there is a number that gets far less airtime, and it may be the most important one of all. Over the past...