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- Builders urge united approach to addressing ACT economic challenges
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Canberra’s peak building and construction industry organisation, Master Builders ACT has urged a multi-party approach towards addressing the economic challenges confronting the territory in the wake of the Federal Budget.
Posted 16 May 2012
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- Master Builders welcome Government moves on competition
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Canberra’s peak building and construction industry organisation, Master Builders ACT has welcomed the ACT Government’s move to make it easier for Canberra small to medium sized businesses to competitively tender for public sector contracts.
Posted 10 May 2012
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- Builders point to need for positive Budget approach
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Canberra’s peak building and construction industry organisation, Master Builders ACT has urged the Federal Government not to overlook the challenges facing the building and construction industry in tomorrow night’s Federal Budget.
Posted 07 May 2012
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- Builders urge united industry approach on Work Health & Safety (WHS) at the Workplace Safety Roundtable
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Canberra’s peak building and construction industry organisation, Master Builders ACT has renewed its call for a united industry approach to improving occupational health and safety standards across the building and construction sector.
Posted 01 May 2012
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- Master Builders urge consultation, not confrontation on workplace safety
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Canberra’s peak building and construction industry organisation, Master Builders ACT has expressed disappointment that the Construction , Forestry Mining and Energy Union appears to have overlooked the efforts of the industry to mount a joint approach to improving workplace safety.
Posted 26 April 2012
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- MBA calls for industry-wide approach to occupational health and safety
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Canberra’s peak building and construction industry organisation, Master Builders ACT has moved for the convening of a stakeholder roundtable to deal with occupational health and safety issues.
Posted 05 April 2012
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- Builders urge RBA caution amid gloomy building approvals data
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Canberra’s peak building and construction industry organisation, Master Builders ACT says the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics building approvals figures give the Reserve Bank board no cause to be considering a rise in interest rates when it meets tomorrow.
Posted 02 April 2012
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- Master Builders ongoing commitment to workplace safety with new program
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Canberra’s peak building and construction industry organisation, Master Builders AC, has expressed its sympathy to the family and colleagues of the victim of last week’s tragic workplace accident. It is tragic that such instances occur and forces us to re-evaluate the processes that are currently being applied to manage safety on construction sites.
Posted 29 March 2012
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- Building Industry Mourns Passing of ABCC
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The passage of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Amendment (Transition to Fair Work) Bill 2012 which abolishes the Australian Building and Construction Commission marks a mourning period for the industry’s industrial relations and the broader community, according to Master Builders Australia the peak body for the building and construction industry.
Posted 21 March 2012
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- MBA-ACT urges constructive approach on building inquiries
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Canberra’s peak building and construction industry organisation, Master Builders ACT has warned that a move by the ACT Auditor General to launch an investigation into planning approval processes in the territory risk creating both duplication and confusion.
Posted 13 March 2012
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