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Today’s State Budget commits billions of dollars towards tackling Queensland’s housing crisis – but fails to trigger levers that could provide immediate relief without costing a cent.

Master Builders is urging the Queensland Government to utilise the State Budget as an opportunity to achieve our shared goal of delivering more homes, sooner, and more affordably, to tackle the housing crisis head-on.

Master Builders is speaking the home truths shared by Queenslanders, calling on all sides of politics to better support the building and construction industry to grow the state for the good of all.

Queensland’s building and construction industry is calling on all levels of government to double down on removing barriers to increased housing supply, ahead of tonight’s Federal Budget.

With just eleven weeks to go until engineered stone is banned across Australia, the Queensland building and construction industry remains in the dark on how it will roll out in our state.

The number of new units being approved across Queensland is continuing to climb, making it vital the industry gets the support needed to convert the numbers into bricks and mortar.

A December uptick in approvals for multi-unit dwellings led a jump in Queensland’s building approvals – but the state is still moving at a snail’s pace towards the national five-year target.

Less than a month in, 2024 is shaping up to be another challenging year for the building and construction industry.

Building approvals for new dwellings in Queensland have continued on an overall downward slide, prompting renewed calls for the state government to back the growth and productivity of the industry.

The appointment of Steven Miles as Premier of Queensland is an opportunity for the state government to reexamine legislation hampering the building and construction industry.