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Posted March 02, 2019 08:08:58 Photo: Residents described the substandard building work as an “absolute nightmare”. (ABC News: Beź Zewdie) A commercial builder has been suspended by the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) over a string of substandard housing developments in Melbourne’s suburbs, including one with dangerous cladding. Key points: The builder is fighting the suspension,
Updated February 28, 2019 23:45:43 The owners of apartments at Melbourne’s Lacrosse tower in Docklands have won more than $5.7 million in damages in a lawsuit launched after a fire fuelled by flammable cladding caused significant damage to the building in November 2014. Key points: The builder has been found liable for $5.7 million in
Updated February 28, 2019 17:41:24 A national stockpile of crude oil and fuel would be created if Federal Labor won the next election, Bill Shorten has said. Key points: Australia only has 18 days’ worth of car petrol and 22 days’ worth of diesel in reserve Under an international agreement, importers of fuel should have
Posted February 28, 2019 16:32:43 Photo: The death of Len Buckeridge triggered a family feud over the company. (ABC News) Related Story: Feuding heirs of $2.5 billion construction tycoon sell off empire to resolve will dispute A prolonged slump in Western Australia’s property market has forced construction giant BGC to shelve the sale of its
Updated February 28, 2019 12:30:00 Business appears to have shrugged off the impact of a cooling economy with a stronger-than-expected surge in investment towards the end of last year. Private sector capital investment, or capex, for the three months to the end of the year rose by 2 per cent, a solid rebound from a
Updated February 28, 2019 07:58:09 Australia’s unemployment rate is on the cusp of a significant increase, according to warnings from three major financial institutions. Key points: Some senior economists are tipping 50,000 retail jobs could also go These analysts tip the unemployment rate will rise to 5.5 per cent KPMG is forecasting economic growth of
Updated February 27, 2019 14:01:38 Australia’s construction sector has not only hit the brakes, it has moved sharply into reverse according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Key points: Construction work in New South Wales and Victoria has fallen for the first time in four years Overall construction work last year
Posted February 26, 2019 06:23:31 An unlicensed builder attached second-hand materials onto Jennifer Robinson’s old iron roof instead of re-pitching it. ABC Capricornia: Erin Semmler Topics: building-and-construction, corruption, brisbane-4000 Source link
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