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From 17 December 2021 some premises will only allow fully vaccinated persons in their venues. If you are working at one of these you and your workers undertaking that work will likely need to be vaccinated.

With the border re-opening from 1am on 13 December 2021, Queensland Health recently released a Queensland restrictions update that covers changes to Queensland’s border restrictions at 80 per cent fully vaccinated, as well as the Border Restrictions Direction (No. 56).

Set down the tools and pick up the calendar to look at what the holidays mean for your business and your cash flow.

It’s time to start preparing to submit the next round of QBCC Annual Reporting information.

On Tuesday, 12 October this week, it was reported that USG Boral had advised their purchasers of a particular fire-rated plasterboard product of low levels of asbestos detected in the vermiculite ingredient at their Camellia site in Sydney.

It's not always the responsibility of the principal contractor on a construction site to manage the risk of falls, particularly the risk of falls through penetrations.

The mask mandate has been extended to Townsville, Palm Island and Logan LGAs, with six LGAs to follow stage 2 restrictions. Here are all the details you need on how it impacts the building and construction industry.

Restrictions have returned for Brisbane and Moreton LGAs, including a return to full mask restrictions.

The new Building Regulation 2021 came into effect on 1 September 2021.

All Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) licence classes require current technical qualifications; qualifications that are no longer current may not be accepted, and now is the time to take action.