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Top Stories - The Tradie News You Should Know
♻️ 6K a Year From Kerbside Copper. Is It Legal?
Wollongong plumber John Unali has spent 15 years pulling copper out of council clean-up piles between jobs. He says it brings in about 500 dollars a month. Not everyone is on board, and the rules depend on where you live.
→ Read what his council said
📋 Even Bunnings Wants the Red Tape Cut For Small Biz
Bunnings boss Mike Schneider says running a national business means dealing with five or six different ways of doing things. Business groups say 61% of small businesses now spend over 20K a year on compliance. Schneider says he knows what would help.
→ Read what he wants changed
💰 Customers Pay in Jan But Bills Are Due in December.
Send your last invoice before Christmas and it might not land until mid January. Wages, suppliers and rent won't wait, and supplies cost more than last year (electrical up 14.5%, plumbing up 9.4%). With Tradiespace you can compare 90+ lenders in about 5 minutes. Checking won't affect your credit score.
→ See what you could get
🤖 Robots Just Built an Apartment Block. Brick by Brick
In Almere in the Netherlands, robots rode curved scaffolding, checked every brick with cameras and laid the walls of a new apartment building. Curves, bonds, even lettering.
▶ Watch the robots at work
📊 Material Prices Keep Climbing. Should We Investigate This?
The cost of building a new home is up 53% since the pandemic. In the last year alone, electrical gear rose 14.5% and plumbing products 9.4%.
Some builders and trades are now buying doors, lighting, windows, steel and other core products direct from overseas factories. One NSW builder says they charge 40 to 50% less than Australian suppliers for the same product.
Should we investigate how tradies are buying materials direct from overseas?We will share the results over the coming editions and based off interest dig into this story for our members. |
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More News - Tech, Tools, Laughs & Industry News
🏦 Rates hit an 18-year high: The RBA lifted the cash rate to 4.85% today, its fifth rise this year. COSBOA says small businesses are now getting hit from three directions. → Read more
🎣 One Million dollar fish reeled in: Darwin's Matthew Maurice, 26, has landed the NT's Million Dollar Fish, only the second person to win the top prize in the competition's 12 years. He hasn't even hit the pub yet. → Watch the video
📈 Build costs up again: House construction input costs rose 3.9% in the year to September, the fastest pace in three years. Electrical equipment was up 14.5% and plumbing products 9.4%. → Read more
⚖️ Mafia RICO laws for CFMEU?: A former New York organised crime prosecutor told Queensland’s CFMEU inquiry that US-style racketeering laws could be used here, citing Olympic builds. → Watch the video
📺 Bunnings goes shoppable: Bunnings and Paramount have launched a four-part Christmas reno series. Viewers can buy products mid-episode. → Watch the preview
📮 Aus Post under review: Federal MPs will examine whether Australia Post can stay viable after a 107 million dollar loss last financial year. The public will get a say. → Read more
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-Adam
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