A rental market this tight leaves vulnerable households with nowhere to go, but its effects spread much further. It pushes ...

The builder completes a construction stage and raises a progress claim. Day zero. Under Section 17.5 of the standard HIA ...

New Victorian Premier Ben Caroll has appointed the Honourable Chris Kourakis AC as Royal Commissioner in respect of the Royal Commission into crime and misconduct in Victoria’s construction industry.

All up, the plan aims to deliver 800,000 new homes across the Sydney Metropolitan region over the new twenty years. On this ...

PFAS, the so‑called “forever chemicals” are again in the headlines. (Above image: A child playing in a park with a puddle, unaware of potential Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) ...

A warning to all builders and tradies, a systemic shock may be about to hit the sector, delivered by the Federal Government. Our industry is 98 per cent small businesses, with around 1 in 5 of these ...

Building surveyors across Australia have cautioned against proposals to slash the size and coverage of Australia’s building code. Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has unveiled proposals to pare back the ...

The last piece of legislation which is needed to lay the groundwork for 10-year insurance against building defects for apartment owners in New South Wales has been passed. The Fair Trading and ...

Australia needs to effectively manage moisture as new homes become more energy efficient and airtight, an industry forum has heard. At the HIA Futures Forum in Melbourne last month, Rob Petruzzi, ...

The first tracks are set to be laid on one of Sydney’s biggest railway projects. Tracklaying is soon to begin at Sydney Olympic Park as part of construction of the New South Wales Government’s Sydney ...

There's a tension running through Australia's rental market. Landlords and tenants have long operated at arm’s length, bound by legal obligation, but rarely by shared purpose. One wants the best yield ...

Australia’s data centre market is no longer just a land and capacity story. As artificial intelligence, cloud demand and compute intensity grow, the defining questions are power, water and efficiency.