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Premium Content Subscriber only The Wide Bay's construction industry shows no signs of slowing down with many major projects underway in Bundaberg and the surrounds. Constructions Skills Queensland (CSQ) believes the next two years will be particularly busy for local builders with a stream of commercial projects and the house building boom. Constructions Skills Queensland (CSQ) director of research and digital Queensland Robert Sobyra. CSQ director of research and digital Queensland Robert Sobyra said housing approvals had seen an increase of nearly 25 per cent since before the pandemic....
Increasing number of Australian women putting up their hand to work in trades ThuThursday 25 updated ThuThursday 25 Carpentry apprentice Emily Bailey says she loves putting her name to tangible work. ( Share Print text only Key points: Civil constructions and electric work show the highest female participation growth Third-year carpentry apprentice Emily Bailey encourages other young women to join a trade The 20-year-old from Rockhampton in central Queensland is one of thousands of Australian women at the forefront of a change rippling through a traditionally male-dominated industry. Nationa...