More member concessions available. Continue to save BIG $$$! Cover your business AND yourself with Master Builders Insurance Brokers (MBIB). From Home Warranty to General Insurance, MBIB has special offers for members until the end of January 2021. Don’t miss out on this opportunity and your chance to save your...

The Government has recently introduced to Parliament the Industrial Relations Omnibus Bill.  The Bill proposes a series of changes to the Fair Work Act and related laws. Some of the proposed changes include a new definition of casual employment and a new criminal offence for underpayments.

Other proposed changes:

• a new...

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The Design and Building Practitioners Act has been in effect since 1st July this year. To support this the Draft “Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2020” is now out for comment 

The reforms will apply to all Class 2 dwellings. For the first time...

The NSW Dust Strategy 2020-2022 aims to prevent occupational diseases by providing NSW workers and businesses with a coordinated approach for the safe handling of hazardous dust including asbestos, silica, wood and other dusts.

Injuries and fatalities due to exposure to asbestos, silica, wood and other dusts are preventable.

Applying...

Well, what an extraordinary year it has been! It will be forever known as the year that has changed the way we live, work, and learn. It is fair to say that we are all looking forward to leaving 2020 behind and starting afresh in 2021.

If you could describe...

This instrument sets out the information that employers who seek to participate in the JobMaker Hiring Credit scheme must provide to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). It is necessary to obtain certain information from those employers to ensure that they are eligible to participate in the scheme, and to enable...

The Morrison Government has listened to Master Builders and is extending the HomeBuilder program by three months. This will drive further demand in our vital construction sector and keep protecting jobs by supporting the construction of new homes and renovations.

^{Ministerial Media Release 24/11/2020
Author: Rob Stokes, Minister for Planning and Public Spaces}

More than 170 planning rules, policies and guidelines have been ripped up to simplify the planning system, speed up assessments and boost productivity as part of the NSW Government’s agenda to reform the system.

Minister for Planning...

National president Tony Maher accuses the union’s construction division of bullying as mining division breaks away from the CFMMEU.

• 13,192 building and construction jobs have been lost in the last week. 
• The total building and construction workforce is below 1.1 million workers for the first time since the pandemic began (1,098,629 workers)
• Approximately 89,850 building and construction jobs have been lost since 14 March 2020 and wages have contracted...