 Tuesday, 13 Apr 2010Master Builders Submission on the Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) for proposed Visitable and Adaptable Features in Housing Regulations |
| Friday, 5 Mar 2010 |
| Thursday, 4 Mar 2010 |
| Thursday, 17 Dec 2009 |
| Monday, 26 Oct 2009Submission to the Outer Suburban / Interface Services Development Committee (OSISD) Inquiry in to the impact of the expansion of Melbourne's Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). |
| Monday, 12 Oct 2009 |
| Tuesday, 6 Oct 2009 |
| Thursday, 24 Sep 2009 |
| Monday, 31 Aug 2009 |
| Tuesday, 7 Jul 2009Master Builders has made a submission to the Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission. |
| Sunday, 31 May 2009Transition to Fair Work Australia for the Building and Construction Industry Report |
 Thursday, 19 Mar 2009Victoria’s peak building industry body, the Master Builders Association, has called on the State Government to prioritise community infrastructure investment ahead of tax relief in the 2009-10 Budget. |
| Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008Contained within our Submission are number of key areas where the State Government must focus its attention on improving current and future environmental regulations. It is our hope that this Inquiry will help alleviate the regulatory burden which is preventing the building industry from reaching its full potential. |
| Thursday, 23 Oct 2008 |
| Tuesday, 26 Aug 2008Master Builders Submission to the East-West Transport Options Review |
| Wednesday, 30 Jul 2008Master Builders has made a submission to Aboriginal Affairs Victoria on concerning their review of Aboriginal Heritage Regulations. Our submission recommended changes to help reduce the cost of compliance for builders operating within the current laws. |
| Thursday, 21 Feb 2008 |
| Thursday, 4 Oct 2007Victoria’s peak construction industry body has called on the State Government to provide greater certainty in the planning process or risk losing industry support for Melbourne 2030. |
| Saturday, 1 Sep 2007Master Builders Association of Victoria Submission to the Office of Planning and Urban Design - Melbourne 2030 Audit Submission, September 2007 |
 Friday, 2 Mar 2007Master Builders has lodged a submission on the proposed Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2007 with WorkSafe Victoria detailing our concerns regarding the introduction of new construction regulations. The main issues raised in our submission include the impost on small business, lack of factual evidence that the proposed administrative duties will reduce injury rates in construction, and the failure of the regulatory impact statement to correctly demonstrate a net benefit to the community.
In its submission Master Builders advocates a number of options that should be considered as alternatives to some of the proposed regulations. |
| Friday, 13 Oct 2006Master Builders has recently lodged a submission with the State Government detailing the building industry’s concerns regarding government policy in outer suburban Melbourne. Issues raised in our submission include taxation, planning, infrastructure and Melbourne 2030. |
Thursday, 31 Aug 2006Expressions of interest are being received from Victorian firms to join a proposed Victorian Government sponsored 10 day mission to the prestigious Cityscape exhibition in Dubai and selected Arabian Gulf (GCC) countries in December 2006. Cityscape is recognised as the largest and most influential property investment and development event in the world.
The Mission program will include visits to Cityscape, business meetings and briefings arranged by the Victorian Government’s Dubai office in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman plus Ras Al Khamaih, one of the smaller but rapidly growing UAE Emirates. Mission members will be given an option to visit Saudi Arabia at the conclusion of the Mission to coincide with Saudi Build – a major event attracting Saudi Arabia’s key construction and services sector. |
| Tuesday, 21 Feb 2006Mbav recently wrote to Mr Dennis Hogan Manager Technical and Research Services with a Submission to the Regulatory impact Statement Building Regulations 2006 |
| Friday, 26 Aug 2005MBAV has called for reform of the Building Commission's policy and regulatory functions, the 5 Star Energy Efficiency and Water Saving measurers and the necessity for local government by-laws impacting the building industry to be significantly reduced. Regulatory Impact Statements should also be undertaken to assess the costs and benefits of any proposed new regulation before it is introduced. |
| Friday, 19 Aug 2005Amendments to planning provisions can only be supported if local governments are restricted from imposing their own building and planning requirements on builders. |