Industries

The government is promising a massive housing construction surge all the way to the end of the decade. How will it work?

Australia’s controversial building regulator has managed to help subcontractors get more than $13.5 million in invoices paid over past three years.

There is no indication timber prices will go down again, as they did in 2020. As for steel, 2013 was the last time there was a significant price reduction.

The Albanese government's historic Jobs and Skills Summit is into its second and final day, and already big changes are afoot for the future of work in Australia.

The last year has been tough on the building industry with around eight in 10 construction companies forced to use their own funds in order to complete a client's home.

Hardship continues for Australia's largest home-builder Metricon, which is set to reduce its 2500-strong headcount as the sector is buffeted by economic headwinds.

The federal government should keep the Australian Building and Construction Commission in place and compensate building contractors for projects which skyrocket in price, construction industry organisations say.

The whole purpose of the Australian Building and Construction Commission was to lift productivity in the construction sector. So did it?

The government this week will take the first step in killing off the controversial Australian Building and Construction Commission by stripping back its powers “to the bare legal minimum”.

The scheme was designed to bolster the state's tradie workforce after the devastating floods which impacted southeast Queensland in March and early April.