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Australian Building and Construction
Commissioner
To Build or Not to Build
The Views of the Regulator
6 September 2007
Working days Lost - Construction
400
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300
250
200
150
100
50
19
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Industrial Disputation - Australia
Days lost per 1,000 employees in building and construction
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Econtech findings
• GDP
+ 1.5%
• CPI
- 1.2%
ABCC 2006/2007
• 216 investigations. As at 30 June 2007, 112
investigations were continuing.
• 26 cases before the courts
• 34 AIRC interventions and four court interventions
• 284 presentations to approximately 6,500
attendees
Regional activity
• 19 of 64 matters before the courts involve
incidents in regional locations
• 60% of NSW and Qld court matters involve
incidents on regional sites
Econtech findings
• cost gap 10.7% to 1.7%
• labour productivity 9.4 %
• labour productivity compared to trend 9.5 %
National Code
Site visits Oct 2006-June 2007
State
Total
VIC
81
NSW
39
QLD
34
WA
22
ACT
13
SA
14
NT
4
TAS
2
TOTAL
209
Wage price index
6
5
Construction
4
All industries
3
2
1
0
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
Change in Total Employment (1997-2007)
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
Construction
Finance and
Insurance
Communications
Services
Transport and
Storage
Retail Trade
-20%
Manufacturing
-10%
Wholesale Trade
0%
Further information
For more detailed information and advice
visit www.abcc.gov.au
OR
contact the ABCC hotline on
1800 003 338