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The Federal Government’s latest tranche of Fair Work changes have been passed. Here’s a summary of the changes and how they will affect members:

Master Builders congratulates the Miles Government on the announcement of its Homes for Queenslanders plan.

Generally, an employer who engages a person to perform an activity at a height owes the primary duty of care to control the falls risk. However, in construction, the obligation is necessarily shared between numerous duty holders, with each one having its own part to play in controlling the risk.

We've pulled together all the information you need to commence repair and rebuilding work in the face of the recent severe weather and flooding events in Queensland.

2023 has been another packed year for our Policy Committees, Divisions and Subcommittees. Member representatives on these committees were elected at the end of 2022 for a three year term.

Commonwealth, State and Territory Work Health and Safety (WHS) Ministers have agreed to a national ban on engineered stone as of 1 July 2024.

The Queensland Government recently announced the doubling of the First Home Owner Grant – increasing the grant from $15,000 to $30,000 for eligible first home buyers effective from Monday, 20 November.

As part of October’s National Safe Work Month, a global campaign and fundraising quest has launched to raise awareness about, and help prevent, mental health issues and suicide in the construction sector.

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) have advised Master Builders of a recent incident involving an Ullrich 1.5 m aluminium 'Z' stair module.

Change to NCC start dateThe Queensland government announced today that new energy efficiency (7 star and whole-of-home) provisions of the National Construction Code (NCC) 2022 will be delayed and will commence in Queensland on 1 May 2024. Master Builders called for a delay due to the lack of availability of software tools needed to implement the changes.However, livable (accessible) housing, condensation and EV charging provisions are still commencing 1 October 2023.