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Housing Policy
24 10 2024|By MASTER BUILDERS

Building & Plumbing Commission

Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny today announced an overhaul of the building regulator, replacing the Victorian Building Authority with a.

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CFA volunteers help victims of Victoria's spring floods in 2022.
Housing Policy
28 09 2023|By MASTER BUILDERS

Reliable help comes flooding in

Residents in communities across Victoria left devasted by floods last spring will have better access to reliable tradies under a partnership.

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Head of Cecure, Androo Allen and construction manager Andrew Chrystie are part of a team which has helped bring scores of residential projects to completion.
Housing Policy
26 09 2023|By MASTER BUILDERS

Meet the builders offering hope in hard times

Builders across Victoria are rolling up their sleeves to help complete unfinished projects as the industry continues to forge a pathway forward.

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20 01 2021|By MASTER BUILDERS

Ban on some cladding products

The Victorian Minister for Planning Minister Richard Wynne has declared certain external wall cladding products to be prohibited from being used by any person in...

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15 12 2020|By MASTER BUILDERS

VBA adjusts timeline for Domestic Building Manager Registration transition

The VBA has announced this update today, meaning members will have until 30 June 2022 to change their registration, subject to any further legislative changes....

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14 10 2020|By MASTER BUILDERS

Qualifying for building fee exemption from the Victorian Building Authority

Following advocacy from Master Builders Victoria, the Victorian Government and the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) will now offer assistance to building practitioners...

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18 09 2020|By MASTER BUILDERS

Mandatory Registration and Licensing of Tradespeople - now delayed until 2022

Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the commencement date of the new carpentry trades registration and licensing scheme has been delayed until the start of 2022.

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18 09 2020|By MASTER BUILDERS

MBV Calls for Changes to Cladding Bill

Master Builders Victoria yesterday wrote to the Victorian Government expressing its concerns over and call for changes to the Cladding Safety Victoria Bill 2020...

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15 09 2020|By MASTER BUILDERS

Release of the first quarterly report into the VBA’s Proactive Inspections...

In 2015, the VBA initiated its Proactive Inspection Program to consider compliance of building and plumbing work that is under construction to reduce non-compliance...

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