New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show house building cost pressures are at their worst in almost 2 years.

Master Builders Australia chief economist Shane Garrett said during the September 2025 quarter, the cost of building a new house rose by 1.2 per cent. This was the...

MEDIA RELEASE:  Master Builders NSW calls on the Greens in the NSW Parliament to immediately cease their obstruction of the Planning System Reforms Bill 2025. 

Matthew Pollock, Executive Director of Master Builders NSW said, “We want to be represented by parliamentarians who are builders not blockers and for the...

Building Ministers have agreed this week that no further residential changes to the NCC, except for essential quality and safety measures, will be made until mid‑2029, following the finalisation of NCC 2025. Master Builders NSW commend the Federal and NSW Governments for freezing the National Construction Code (NCC). ...

MEDIA RELEASE:  NSW home building times are stuck in a COVID time-warp with ABS data showing that dwelling completion times have not returned to pre-pandemic levels.

Matthew Pollock, Executive Director of Master Builders NSW said, “On average it’s taking more than a year to build a new house and over...

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. ...