The builder completes a construction stage and raises a progress claim. Day zero. Under Section 17.5 of the standard HIA ...

All up, the plan aims to deliver 800,000 new homes across the Sydney Metropolitan region over the new twenty years. On this ...

PFAS is now recognised globally for what it is: a persistent, far‑reaching chemical risk and a hazardous legacy of past decisions. The question for Australia is no longer whether PFAS is a technical ...

New Victorian Premier Ben Caroll has appointed the Honourable Chris Kourakis AC as Royal Commissioner in respect of the Royal Commission into crime and misconduct in Victoria’s construction industry.

The Federal Government has proposed changes to trust laws, which will compel many small businesses to restructure. These are ...

As many as eleven staff and 270 unpaid elected officials of Australia’s construction union have been removed from their positions after the union was formally placed into administration last week. On ...

Victoria should strive to deliver positive outcomes as the state moves toward greater urban consolidation and densification, the launch of an architectural exhibition has heard. During a recent panel ...

A landmark court ruling in Queensland ordering the rectification of numerous poor design aspects of a multi-billion dollar hospital has established a long overdue precedent for people who are legally ...

The reality in construction is stark: around nine out of ten construction firms struggle to push past the million-pound or million-dollar turnover mark. I’ve seen it countless times businesses stuck ...

Renewable energy zones are set to cover eight percent of Victoria’s land after the Victorian Government increased the size of the planned zones to cover an extra 200,000 hectares of land. And the ...

More home building contracts are being cancelled across Australia as market confidence slumps in response to interest rate rises, new data shows. And builders expect sales to slump further following ...

There has been a lot of very productive work put into improvements in the planning systems around the country. The states have, broadly speaking, got on board with the housing supply agenda and are ...