“Those sorts of issues should never have been something for an official government regulator to be wasting taxpayers’ money. As of Tuesday, those offences are gone altogether.”
In a statement, he later described the watchdog as “a politicised and discredited...
The federal construction watchdog's powers will be stripped back to the "bare legal minimum" within days, in a federal government move to dump what it describes as "ridiculous" rules.
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Tony Burke said the ABCC's powers would be wound back...
Kyiv | Russian missiles hit Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa just hours after Moscow and Kyiv signed deals to allow grain exports to resume from there. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry denounced Saturday’s airstrikes as a “spit in the face”...
Vermont Agency of Transportation This weekly report is a list of planned construction activities that will have traffic impacts on state highways throughout Vermont. Please remember to drive safely in all work zones. Lives depend on it.
Interstates
I-89 Brookfield –...
It would be hard to find a group of workers more keenly watching the weather this week than those in the building and construction industry.
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Relentless rain is causing further delays for building projects
CoreLogic data shows construction costs have risen...
An international construction market report by consultants Turner and Townsend found Perth had leapfrogged the other major capital cities to become the most expensive in the country to undertake construction of any kind after a 14 per cent average...
When project manager Ashleigh Kopac joined the male-dominated construction industry six years ago, it didn't take long to experience sexism on the job.
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Construction is the most male-dominated industry in Australia
Women make up only 13 per cent of the...
The renovation boom could be coming to an end as construction costs skyrocket and the property market softens.
The COVID-19 pandemic saw a rise in residents choosing to renovate their homes after lockdowns saw us trapped inside.
"At the moment we're...
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New housing starts unexpectedly plunged more than economists projected in June as home builders grappled with the effects of rising interest rates curbing demand for new homes, according to data released Tuesday, adding to signs of an abrupt turnaround...
Buying an off-the-plan apartment has turned into an expensive, lengthy legal battle for Melbourne woman Tamara Railton-Stewart, and she is not alone.
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Six weeks after Tamara Railton-Stewart and her family moved into their new apartment the bedroom flooded
They claim they had to...
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