Master Builders NSW has lodged its submission to the NSW Parliament’s review of the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 and the Residential Apartment Buildings (Compliance and Enforcement Powers) Act 2020.

We support the goal of improving building quality and accountability, but the current framework has become overly complex...

The Silica Worker Register has been established under a NSW Government election commitment to increase health monitoring for workers at risk of silica-related illnesses.

This new digital system is being introduced to help identify workers who may need health monitoring services. Exposure to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) dust can have...

The NSW Government has remade the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulation, with the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2025 replacing the 2017 version from 22 August 2025.

While most rules remain unchanged, the new regulation introduces significant increases to on-the-spot fines, catching many in the construction sector off...

The Home Guarantee Scheme is changing from 1 October 2025. These updates widen who can qualify and lift property caps.

What is the Home Guarantee Scheme?

The Home Guarantee Scheme is a federal program, run through Housing Australia, that lets eligible first home buyers purchase a home with as little...

What’s changed

NSW has passed the Environmental Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, which raises the “material harm” dollar trigger for mandatory pollution incident reporting under the Protection of Environment Operations (POEO) Act from $10,000 to $50,000. It also lets regulations exclude defined classes of incidents from notification. Most POEO changes start...

The NSW Government has opened expressions of interest for a $1 billion Pre-sale Finance Guarantee that helps developers meet lender pre-sale hurdles so projects can start sooner. The program lets government pre-commit to buy up to 50% of off-the-plan dwellings in eligible projects, with quality checks and fees built in. ...

The NSW Government has introduced the Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Planning System Reforms) Bill 2025, the most significant overhaul of the state’s planning system in nearly five decades.

The reforms are designed to speed up housing approvals, reduce duplication, and simplify the development process, helping the state reach...

MEDIA RELEASE:  Master Builders welcomes the Government’s move to enact much needed reform to the state’s planning system.

Incoming Executive Director Matthew Pollock said, “For too long the system has been sweating the small stuff, we need the system to encourage investment into sensible new housing developments.

“Housing is unaffordable...

Statement by Incoming Executive Director Matthew Pollock

MEDIA RELEASE:  “There must be zero tolerance for criminal behaviour. Unfortunately, the construction industry is no stranger to unlawfulness. The solution is for the return of a national specialist construction industry regulator with the necessary powers. Prior to its abolition, the Australian Building...