08 Jul 2021
BY THE MAJOR PROJECTS & CONSTRUCTION TEAM
Get your 5 Minute Fix of major projects and construction news. This issue: default procurement practices for NSW large, complex infrastructure projects; update on WA s overhaul of its security of payment laws; when a builder is in the business of building residences (or not) for Victoria s SOP legislation; SA Court of Appeal reduces damages for defects; latest development in enforcing ICSID s awards, and arbitral tribunal issues.
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Collaboration between NSW and Contractors sets new procurement standards
The NSW Premier s Memorandum issued on 24 June 2021 sets out the default procurement practices that NSW government agencies and State Owned Corporations are expected to apply to all large, complex infrastructure projects in the Framework for Establishing Effective Project Procurement from 1 July 2021.
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The last remaining exemption for owner-occupier construction contracts from the operation of the
Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (SOP Act) was repealed on 1 March 2021. Contractors under owner-occupier residential construction projects will be entitled to make claims for payment under the SOP Act, including making and enforcing adjudication applications.
This change to the SOP Act will significantly change how payment disputes are dealt with on owner-occupier construction projects, place significant burdens owner-occupiers to become familiar with the security of payment regime, and potentially lead to more payment disputes on owner-occupier construction projects by giving contractors a further (and often quicker) avenue for pressing their claims.
Australiaâs shocking wage theft scandals keep coming by the truckload
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When Victoria became the first state to criminalise wage theft in June 2020, it was seen as a big step forward in the fight against systemic underpayment of wages in Australia.
Queensland followed and in December the federal government promised criminal penalties for wage theft as part of its industrial relations reforms.
Fast forward to today and little seems to have changed. The Fair Work Ombudsman continues to issue press releases like confetti, outing companies every few days for questionable workplace practices. In the past month alone 10 security businesses, Chatime bubble tea, restaurants, medical centres, a toy retailer and an IT services business have been pinged by the regulator for short-changing workers.