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Our policies

More than one million jobs directly depend on the building and construction industry.

The industry that employs 1 in 10 Australians, has more small businesses than other sector of the economy and trains 50,000 apprentices each year.

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Where we're heading

Our vision

A profitable and sustainable building and construction industry.

What we do

Our mission

The preeminent national advocate for building and construction.

Our priorities

Policies for building a stronger Australia:

01Ensure home ownership is within reach for everyone.
02Meet housing targets with enough rental stock and social and community housing.
03Release more government land.
0410-year rolling pipeline of infrastructure.
05Improve the standard of careers education in secondary schools.
06Develop an apprentice commencement and retention strategy.
07Increase the permanent skills visa cap to at least 200,000.
08Redirect development taxes and charges to social and affordable housing.
09Flexible industrial relations system.
10Keeping workplaces safe.
11Dedicated division within the Fair Work Ombudsman to respond to unlawful activity.
12Protecting the right of independent contractors.
13Expand depreciation allowances.
14Commence a deregulation agenda.
15Incentives to invest in digital and IT systems to improve productivity in businesses.

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