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Senior Journalist at @thefifthestateAu. Previously at F&P, SmartCompany, and iTnews. @ajsadauskas@toot.community . All comments are my own.
Jul 27, 2019 17 tweets 9 min read
Via @GeoffHanmer: "The introduction of the Building Code of Australia, now the National Construction Code (NCC) from the mid-1980s was driven by an agenda to increase self-regulation in the building industry... with the aim of reducing construction costs." afr.com/real-estate/re… "By 2004, the Productivity Commission had given deregulation a big tick. In a 2004 report it theorised billions of dollars would be saved by moving to a more flexible regulatory environment. It did not consider the cost of rectifying buildings." #Auspol

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