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Building Product Performance – Recent case law and International Guidelines for Good Practice Regulation

May 19, 2023

Building Product Performance – Recent case law and International Guidelines for Good Practice Regulation A decision of the Federal Court of Australia late last year highlights how some manufacturers apply the evidence of suitability requirements in the NCC. It also shows the lengths to which some will go to call out alleged misrepresentations by competitors. […]

Highlights from the proposed NSW building regulation reforms

November 7, 2022

Highlights from the proposed NSW building regulation reforms The NSW government is consulting on an enormous package of reforms to over eight Acts and regulations. The reforms also propose the creation of three new Acts. Firstly, I take my hat off to all those involved in preparing the hundreds of pages comprising seven regulatory […]

More changes ahead for the Building Act – new bill introduced into the Victorian Parliament on 21 June 2022

June 29, 2022

See our article on the proposed amendments – More changes ahead for the Building Act

Building confidence: A report for the Building Ministers’ Forum in Australia has spearheaded efforts to reform regulation and improve safety

April 15, 2020

In September 2017, Prof. Peter Shergold and I were commissioned by the Australian Building Ministers’ Forum (BMF) to assess the country’s building regulation systems. The BMF, which comprises state, territory and national ministers responsible for policy and regulation in building and construction, had recognised that inappropriate use of combustible cladding was prevalent in the industry. […]

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