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Transgrid asked for more than $1 billion of overspend on Project EnergyConnect. The regulator said no. There is a defined process by which such a request becomes a line on your power bill — and a point where it stops.
By Construction Australia · · 5 min read
Guides · NATIONAL
A high risk work licence is issued by a regulator. A verification of competency is issued by your employer. Both get called “tickets” — and treating them as the same is how people do work they are not authorised for.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
The card is recognised nationwide. The training is not. That single distinction explains most of the confusion — and it is why you have to train in the state where you live.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · QLD
Published legal commentary states that a Queensland claimant has 10 business days to seek adjudication after receiving a payment schedule. Section 79 of the BIF Act says 30.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NATIONAL
The Skills in Demand visa covers electricians, plumbers, carpenters, project managers and quantity surveyors. It is necessary and it is not sufficient — because a visa is not a licence, and licences are issued by states.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · VIC
Act No. 43/2025 repealed excluded amounts, claimable variations and adjudication review from 15 April 2026 — and the new rules reach contracts signed years earlier.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
Every security of payment deadline that matters, by jurisdiction — payment schedules, adjudication windows and claim periods — verified against the consolidated Acts. Diarise in business days, in the right state.
· 2 min read · Construction Australia
