Semple said he was going “from job to job” for a few years, working with youths in Oranga Tamariki, security, and “a few tradie jobs”. He said he was “never satisfied” with what he was ...

Plumbers and other tradies are just as valuable as university graduates, said David Gonski Picture: NewsWire This would require universities to almost double the number of taxpayer-subsidised ...

A Toowoomba tradesman and business owner will have to take the position of a ‘passenger princess’ while on the job after he refused to participate in a roadside test after having a few too ...

A former tradie who claims to hate violence thanks to his upbringing in an abusive household has now himself threatened the mother of his children in a series of chilling texts. David John Davis O ...

This North Sydney apartment building has the same faults as it had when the building minister called it out in 2023. Defects are being kept out of strata reports and the building commission is ...

A new report by Construction Skills Queensland found meeting these demands will be harder than ever before due to a critical shortage of tradies. "What we're seeing is a shortfall of about 18,200 on ...

Defects cost Sydney’s homeowners and taxpayers $700m annually. How did we get here and what is being done about it? Defective buildings across Sydney are costing home owners and taxpayers $700 ...

"It's not just when you or your partner fill the car up, or your kids fill their car up that your household is benefitting - this helps tradies, it helps pensioners," he said. "It helps delivery ...

The building industry has warned Australia needs 500,000 new tradies over the next five years to have any hope of addressing the housing crisis. There are now about 333,700 apprentices and ...