Tag: Denita Wawn

Construction costs push productivity off a cliff

Inflation figures are once again heading the wrong way, causing billion-dollar construction

By Jarrod Brown 5 Min Read

Skilled migrant system “will never work” for construction

Experts say Australia's current migration system will never be able to plug

By Jarrod Brown 4 Min Read

Union calls bullsh*t on tradie shortage

The mighty CFMEU claims to have exposed the country's tradie shortage as

By Jarrod Brown 6 Min Read

“It does not make any sense”: Tradies miss out on priority visa

Builders have been left “flummoxed” over the government’s baffling decision to leave

By Jarrod Brown 5 Min Read

Home builds in jeopardy after productivity falls off a cliff

There doesn’t seem to be an end in sight for the nation's

By Jarrod Brown 4 Min Read

“Productivity maelstrom” derails home-building plans

80 per cent of new homes that could have been built under government housing

By Jarrod Brown 4 Min Read

Spike in crane hire masks residential construction crisis 

A review of Australia's crane use has painted a deceptively positive picture

By Jarrod Brown 5 Min Read

Builders say Albo will fall 110,000 homes short of housing goals

Despite a desperate push for Federal Government housing initiatives, Australia is on

By Jarrod Brown 5 Min Read

Housing affordability set to plummet after record-low building approvals

This month's dwelling approvals continue the industry's downward spiral, worsening the nation's

By Jarrod Brown 5 Min Read

Are 90,000 migrants the answer to the tradie crisis?

Builders have renewed calls for industry to look towards skilled migrant workers

By Jarrod Brown 5 Min Read