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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. […]

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: Is it time for governments to remove the mandatory professional indemnity insurance requirements for building surveyors?

April 15, 2020

There was a lot of press during 2019 about the state of the professional indemnity insurance (PII) market in Australia for private building surveyors (also known as building certifiers). We heard of soaring premiums, reduced coverage, increases in excess and the introduction of cladding exclusions. Some insurers pulled out of the market and toward the […]

Better Buildings & Consumer Protection

November 2, 2019

This article was first published in the AIBS Building Surveyor magazine issue 2/2019 How do we regulate so that buildings get built properly? AND What do we do to protect consumers when buildings are not built properly? The above two questions are at the heart of recent discussions about the state of Australia’s buildings. Sometimes […]

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