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News, projects and guides about australian capital territory.
How high risk work licences work in Australia: the licence classes, how the 11-metre EWP rule is measured, and how to renew on time so your licence stays current.
By Construction Australia · · 9 min read
Projects · ACT
Track is down, stop canopies are going up and the Parkes Way bridge deck is poured on Canberra Metro's 1.7 km light rail extension to Commonwealth Park, with services due in early 2028.
· 6 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
Adjudication is the fast statutory route to getting paid — binding, enforceable and measured in weeks, not years. How the process runs, what it costs, what it decides and what it deliberately leaves open.
· 3 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NSW, VIC, SA, WA, TAS, ACT
If a respondent ignores your payment claim entirely, you cannot go straight to adjudication in most states. There is a notice you have to serve first — and in Victoria it is due in 10 business days, not 20.
· 4 min read · Construction Australia
Projects · ACT
The ACT Government has locked in the State Circle East route for light rail to Woden, and the final environmental impact statement is with the Australian and ACT governments for a decision.
· 5 min read · Construction Australia
Guides · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT
NCC 2025 was released on 1 May 2026. Victoria, Tasmania, WA and the ACT took it immediately; NSW and Queensland will wait until 2027; South Australia split it, and the Northern Territory has not adopted it at all.
· 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
Projects · NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT, NATIONAL
Queensland leads a run of big state capital programs, with a record $119 billion over four years. Here is where the infrastructure work sits in every state and territory in 2026.
· 7 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
