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Hear from the Executive Director
New tool helps navigate sexual harassment complaint options
Knowing where to turn if sexual harassment occurs at work can be difficult. In Australia, several government agencies deal with complaints and in many circumstances a person can only pursue one complaint pathway.
Changes to NT building practitioner registrations now in effect
The NT Government has announced changes to registration requirements for various building practitioner categories, which will apply to registration and renewal applications received from 1 October 2026.
Locked Out: Fixing Tasmania's Land Supply Crisis
Tasmania is building only half the homes it needs, delivering 2,456 new homes in 2024/25 against a National Housing Accord target of 5,022, the lowest performance of any state. The challenge is not a lack of demand, buyers or building capacity. Instead, Tasmania faces a critical shortage of serviced residential land.
Victorian Election 2026
HIA has six priorities to get more homes built for Victorians
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HIA Awards provide home builders and designers the opportunity to receive recognition, and showcase their work to the broader industry. Winners and finalists not only receive extensive media promotion for their business, they also get the opportunity to promote themselves as an industry leader.
HIA Safety Summit
The HIA Safety Summit brings the residential construction sector together for one day to tackle the key safety challenges facing our industry.
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Built Different Networking
Stay up-to-date professionally and get handy information for your business by attending our networking events.
South East Metro Branch site tour
Learn easy to understand strategies that work. Engaging and in-depth look at business and industry processes and implications that could impact your business.
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Apartment Complex
Winner: Pace Development Group
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Winner: Pearl Homes - La Belle
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Building and Construction Award 101
Understand the basics and key concepts of the Building and Construction General On-Site Award.
Bushfire Regulations and Construction
This course covers the knowledge and skills required to effectively understand the requirements of building in a bushfire prone area.
Psychosocial Hazards
Learn about the key psychosocial hazards specific to the construction industry.
CPC40320 Certificate IV in Building Project Support (Estimator)
This qualification is designed to meet the needs of estimators and schedulers in the building and construction field who may have responsibility for the preparation of estimates and quotations for construction works.
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HIA’s experienced Building and planning services team can help you navigate residential building legislation and keep your project on track.
Getting approval to build
Most new homes and renovations to existing homes require a development approval (DA) before they can be built. A DA will normally be granted by the local council.
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