Housing industry calls for support to build on the boom

Industry peak bodies are calling for stamp duty relief for first-home builders, more apprentice opportunities and a long-term plan to sustain the residential building boom as part of their policy platforms ahead of next month’s state election.

Timber shortage threatens to send builders to the wall

In part two of InDaily’s special report on the national timber shortage, South Australian builders warn of looming job losses due to the lack of supply for the housing industry.

Supply and demand dilemma at root of timber crisis

A perfect storm of factors including bushfires, pandemic and low imports amid huge demand from a housing boom has led to a crippling timber shortage. In the first of a four-part series of reports this week, InDaily looks at the state’s structural timber crisis.

Hills forests face the axe as timber tenders aim to boost local supply

Forestry SA has announced new contracts for the long-term supply of timber from state forests in the Mount Lofty Ranges, while a plan to use bushfire-affected timber from Kangaroo Island to fill building industry shortages continues to gather dust.

SA Quality Home Improvements offloaded as creditors circle

The director of long-time Adelaide roofing company SA Quality Home Improvements, known for its earworm TV ad jingle, has sold the operations of the business and placed the remaining corporate entity under external administration, owing creditors more than $1 million.

Marshall Govt could go it alone on building industry watchdog

The Marshall Liberal Government appears open to establishing a state-based Building and Construction Commission, with the building industry advocating for a local response if federal Labor leader Bill Shorten fulfils his pledge to scrap the national watchdog.