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Master Builders has officially kicked off its 2025 Housing & Construction Awards program, with two additional categories reflecting its commitment to workplace safety, and advocacy on futureproofing the industry and boosting productivity.

New figures showing Queensland housing approvals are heading in the wrong direction highlight the importance of a regulatory review of industry to help boost productivity.

Queensland has once again taken out the highest number of gongs in the country with 13 wins at Master Builders Australia’s National Excellence in Building & Construction Awards 2024.

Legislation to re-establish the Queensland Productivity Commission is being hailed as a win by industry, amid the ongoing campaign to slash red tape hampering construction.

After long speaking out against the productivity-sapping elements of the Best Practice Industry Conditions (BPIC), Master Builders applauds the Crisafulli Government’s decision to freeze the policy on its new projects.

A rise in building approvals across most of the state has led the industry to urge the Crisafulli Government to back it by eliminating unnecessary regulations hindering new construction.

The newly minted Crisafulli Government needs to seize on its promise of a fresh start for Queensland and take urgent action on the red tape that has a stranglehold on housing.

The ingenuity and craftsmanship Master Builders are renowned for shone through the superior projects and inspiring individual efforts from the winners of the 2024 Queensland Housing & Construction Awards.

Amid pre-polling and with Queenslanders heading to election booths in nine days’ time, both major parties have shown they don’t understand the challenges facing the building and construction industry.

As the state election countdown clock ticks louder, so too do the calls from the building and construction industry for greater support from all sides of politics to help tackle the housing crisis.