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Australia’s Small Construction Businesses are Being Screwed on Late Payments
Business
Tuesday March 7 2023

Australia’s Small Construction Businesses are Being Screwed on Late Payments

Small construction businesses throughout Australia are being more heavily burdened with late payments compared with those in any other sector and are being forced to wait...

WA Contractors and Subcontractors Get More Payment Protection
Business
Monday February 6 2023

WA Contractors and Subcontractors Get More Payment Protection

Contractors and subcontractors in Western Australia are set to enjoy greater protection for payments owed to them as the second stage of new security of payment...

Repricing After You’ve Quoted: How You Will Lose Money While Asking For More
Business
Thursday November 24 2022

Repricing After You’ve Quoted: How You Will Lose Money While Asking For More

This last year has seen a lot of discussion around contractors having to re-price their work upwards to deal with price pressures on materials.

How to Accept Settlement Offers
Business
Wednesday August 4 2021

How to Accept Settlement Offers

Lockdowns kill cashflow

Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Procurement Policy
Business
Wednesday September 16 2020

Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Procurement Policy

The newly updated Small and Medium Enterprises and Regional Procurement Policy (Policy) places Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and regional businesses front of mind for Government...

Death of The Handshake
Commercial
Thursday June 25 2020

Death of The Handshake

Long gone are the days of the verbal and "handshake" agreements.

W.A. – New deal assisting subcontractors to be paid promptly.
Business
Tuesday June 16 2020

W.A. – New deal assisting subcontractors to be paid promptly.

The Western Australia Government has released an exposure draft Bill (the Bill) for a new security of payment regime to cover the State’s building and construction...

Residential Payment Disputes
Residential
Wednesday June 3 2020

Residential Payment Disputes

With Caronavirus came lots of folks staying at home. With nothing to do.

Safety
8 Apr, 2019
Fed Dept Unaware of Subcontractor Issues

Senior officials involved in the upgrade of Parliament House's security doors had no idea about allegations a subcontractor was using drugs, a federal inquiry has heard.

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Business
21 Mar, 2019
Subbies to Lose $170 Million on Engineering Firm Collapse

Subcontractors and suppliers will not be paid any of the $170 million they are owed as a result of a major engineering firm collapse, the firm’s...

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Business
27 Feb, 2019
Labor Vows Safer Tradie Pay for Govt Works

Tradies working on big federal government-funded construction projects would be guaranteed to get paid even when dodgy businesses involved in the project go bust, the Labor...

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