Safework… SafeWork Inspectors are visiting construction sites in Wollongong, targeting high-risk harms and the hygiene of site amenities including lunchrooms and toilets. Minister for Better Regulation, Kevin Anderson, said as part...
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Have your… HAVE YOUR SAY HERE 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...
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Dust… 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...
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JobMaker… 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...
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… 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...
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Red tape… 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...
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Boss… National president Tony Maher accuses the union’s construction division of bullying as mining division breaks away from the CFMMEU.
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… 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...
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$80… Around 300 apprentices and cadets in the NSW construction and housing sector will be supported thanks to an $80 million investment in the NSW Budget. Treasurer Dominic Perrottet said the...
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World… The NSW Government has recently launched a trial of world-first technology to accurately monitor silica dust levels in the air. This has the potential to protect NSW’s workers from contracting...
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