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 ...

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 ...

New homes on small plots of land will be able to access faster planning approvals as part of the latest planning changes which are part of Victorian Government efforts to unlock greater housing supply ...

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 ...

As cities grapple with climate change, congestion, and rising public health concerns, the way we move through urban environments is becoming increasingly important. Largely due to the overwhelming ...

At their October meeting this year, Australia’s state and federal building ministers made an important decision in respect of the National Construction Code (NCC). As reported by the Australian ...

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 ...

Over the past 20 years, there has been a long and inexorable shift among government decision makers away from trust of the private sector to deliver housing that will meet market demand at an ...