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Innovation, sustainability, and excellence took centre stage at the 2025 Far North Queensland Housing & Construction Awards, where the region’s most visionary builders, people and projects were celebrated for setting new benchmarks in quality and craftsmanship.

A landmark report has confirmed what Queensland’s building and construction industry has known all along – productivity is being undermined by outdated and restrictive laws and policies, including Best Practice Industry Conditions (BPIC).

An iconic project spanning four city blocks, a breathtaking home embedded into its lush hillside environs, and an architectural multi-residential masterpiece have taken top honours at the 2025 Brisbane Housing & Construction Awards.

From breathtaking new builds that celebrate local landscapes, to bold renovations, vital community work, and game-changing individuals—the 2025 Downs & Western Housing & Construction Awards were nothing short of extraordinary.

Queensland is inching closer to hitting government housing targets, but meaningful progress will depend on lifting productivity and addressing workforce shortages.

Quotes attributable to Master Builders CEO, Paul Bidwell."Master Builders supports the strong action by Administrator Mark Irving KC in releasing the report by Geoffrey Watson SC, uncovering a culture of violence cultivated and carried out by certain members of the Queensland branch of the CFMEU.

The building and construction industry has welcomed the Crisafulli Government’s first budget, applauding its strong focus on housing and addressing the workforce shortage.

The building and construction industry is sending a clear message to the state government: the 2025–26 Queensland State Budget must be transformative.

A worrying plunge in approvals of new homes across Queensland has industry again urging government to make productivity priority one in the race to reach ambitious housing targets.

The latest regional building approvals figures show a sharp rise in the number of units given the green light across Queensland – but a closer look reveals the real story.