Tag: Master Builders Australia

Apprentices gifted a $1000 cash boost to finish their training

The Western Australian government has announced a new cash-in-hand initiative to encourage

By Jarrod Brown 3 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

Tax breaks are coming for build-to-rent projects

The government is offering investors a hefty tax incentive to boost the

By Jarrod Brown 4 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

Apprentice numbers plummet by 25 per cent as career guidance bias cops blame

Construction apprenticeship numbers dropped 25 per cent last year as concerns grow

By Paul Eyers 6 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

90,000 extra tradies needed for Albo’s “ambitious” home building plan

The construction industry has warned widespread worker shortages will have the Government's

By Jarrod Brown 4 Min Read

Changes to negative gearing look to make a bad housing crisis worse

Negative gearing and other tax concessions offered to investment property owners are

By Jarrod Brown 5 Min Read

Subbies are back in charge thanks to workplace law win

After months of campaigning for freedom of choice, independent subcontractors (or subbies)

By Jarrod Brown 4 Min Read