Questionable facts and more than a few distractions are sure to be hurled around as all sides try to win or fight the reinstatement of the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC). The pity is the public becomes none the wiser about why industrial lawlessness must be stamped out in the Australian construction industry. The brickbats that both sides will no doubt exchange seem to becoming more personal and mostly
Politicians are right to be sceptical when they receive unsolicited advice, but some of the advocacy that comes their way is hard to avoid. The cost of living pressures of ordinary households and the debt levels they are being encouraged to subscribe to are just as unsustainable as the debt levels that result from governments that are living beyond our national means. It has never been more important to treat
The current enquiries into Construction Materials and Building Certification are a shambles and they don’t appear likely to serve the public or the construction industry well. It’s a national problem and one that cannot be left to the states, the industry associations or CFMEU to fix. READ FULL ARTICLE
Hardly a week goes by that I am not approached by two or three organisations to either appraise a new construction product or to describe how Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) might redefine their enterprise. Its clear that there is widespread discontent with current construction methods and contracting. READ MORE
This month’s ACTU conference could be a bit like the last group hug on the Titanic if unions do not take what Secretary David Oliver said in his speech to this week’s National Press Club in Canberra seriously. Oliver warned that the union movement is threatened by the rise of disruptive technologies and could face a Kodak moment if it does not engage with a new generation of workers. For
But are the benefits of their being too big to fail now being outweighed by ignoring their cost and impact on the wider industry? It’s amazing that the Reserve Bank Governor continues to describe the Sydney and Melbourne markets as the nation’s property hot spots, without any reference to the blanket impact of construction wage agreements and their cost across the whole industry. CLICK HERE FOR PUBLISHED ARTICLE
It’s nearly 4 years since the BER Implementation Review Taskforce reported to the Federal government on school complaints, value for money and related matters. The Taskforce’s three reports were received with mixed reaction. Recently I have been asked for copies of the final report and about what happened to the one time data set collected by the Taskforce to provide a unique insight into construction delivery methods and performances for
Government inquiry into The scale and incidence of insolvency in the Australian construction industry Click link below to view submission by David Chandler and others ... VIEW SUBMISSION
The next 2 weeks in the Senate will have a profound effect on Australia’s construction industry no matter what happens. The ideological wrecking ball being swung by Employment Minister Abetz to tackle a recalcitrant CFMEU clearly has no hope under the current ABCC legislation soon to return to the Senate. This ideology oscillates depending on which of the major parties is in power. CLICK HERE FOR PUBLISHED ARTICLE
Noonan has consistently achieved double inflation rises for his members over the years since the GFC and the then Labor government propped the construction industry to avoid the downturn seen by our international trading partners. CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE
