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Media contact
Dee Zegarac
National Director, Media & Public Affairs
0400 493 071 dee.zegarac@masterbuilders.com.au
Master Builders Australia supports measures to diversify the education opportunity mix for young Australians to encourage more people into trades….
Event: Interview with Tom Connell, Sky News Date: 16 April 2025, 4:15pm AEST Speakers: Denita Wawn, CEO of Master Builders Australia Topics: federal election;…
2024 was the weakest calendar year for higher-density home starts since 2011, impeding Australia’s ability to ease the housing crisis….
Event: Interview with Chris Kenny, Sky News Date: 15 April 2025, 5:20pm AEST Speakers: Denita Wawn, CEO of Master Builders Australia Topics: federal…
Reforming Australia’s convoluted, costly and inefficient overseas skills recognition process will help build the homes needed to address the nation’s…
Event: Interview with David Iliffe, ABC South Queensland Date: 14 April 2025, 7:20am AEST Speakers: Denita Wawn, CEO of Master Builders Australia Topics: federal…
Master Builders has lodged its 2025-26 pre-budget submission, calling for the next Federal Budget to focus on laying the foundations…
Releasing its submission to the Albanese Government’s review of the Secure Jobs, Better Pay and Closing Loopholes legislation, Master Builders Australia has highlighted the…
Master Builders Australia welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry and report into…
Master Builders Australia welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) Principles and scope of…
Australia needs more building and construction workers. The number of people joining the industry each year is not enough to…
Master Builders Australia has developed a comprehensive proposal for future law reform of the building and construction industry to drive…
By Denita Wawn, CEO Master Builders Australia Australia’s building and construction industry faces the enormous task of delivering the homes,…
By Denita Wawn, CEO of Master Builders Australia. This article appeared in The Australian on 14 April 2025. Australians are…
By Denita Wawn. This article was originally published in The Australian on Wednesday June 19, 2024 The events involving the…
Australia is at a crossroads, struggling with both a cost of living and a housing crisis. Housing affordability has been a…
In the realm of construction, where tradition often reigns supreme, a new wave of talent is emerging, challenging stereotypes, and…
This opinion article by Master Builders Australia CEO Denita Wawn was published in The Australian on 15 August 2023. There…