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CFMEU: Morrison seeks to entrench exploitation of overseas workers
The CFMEU warns that recommendations made by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Migration are built on false assumptions and faulty data and would further entrench exploitation ... -
Building surveyor cautioned over deficient documents – Modesto Giancaspro
The Building Services board has cautioned a local government building surveyor for failing to ensure that adequate information was included in the certification of work at ... -
Delegates invited to the Timber Offsite Construction event
The Timber Offsite Construction conference, formerly the Frame Australia conference, will be a hybrid event in 2021, combining in-person and online participation for both speakers and ... -
GBCA honours sustainability leaders of the future
The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has announced the 2021 Green Star Champions and the Future Green Leader of the Year Award winner. GBCA chief executive ... -
WorkSafe VIC: Make workplace safety a priority in 2021
WorkSafe is calling on all Victorians to prioritise health and safety in the workplace following the deaths of 65 workers 2020. WorkSafe chief executive Colin Radford ... -
VBA: Building permit bounce back a sign of industry rebound
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Victoria’s building industry had a strong 2020 and recorded the highest level of permit approvals in the past two decades. The Victorian ... -
Construction industry gets automated at new Monash University facility
Monash University’s Department of Civil Engineering will lead an interdisciplinary team from seven Australian universities to develop a one-of-a-kind facility centred on structural assembled and construction ... -
Sentence for fake information about asbestos-contaminated waste disposal
Paul Mouawad, who was paid nearly a quarter of a million to take asbestos-contaminated soil to a lawful landfill has been handed a one-year term of ... -
NAWIC announces 2021 International Women’s Day Scholarship Winner
The National Association of Women in Construction has given out its yearly IWD scholarship which awards $20,000 to a woman who is focused on contributing towards ... -
SafeWork to examine Sydney construction sites
SafeWork will be visiting construction sites across wider Sydney this week with inspectors looking at unsafe working systems across the entire process. Better Regulation Division executive ...
