QBCC building site inspections net 12 people suspected of performing unlicensed building work

The Queensland building regulator has swooped on 54 active building sites in an auditing blitz, netting 12 workers who are suspected of operating without a license.

Queensland Building and Construction Commission officers targeted 54 active building sites over three days in May.

Twelve people suspected of performing unlicensed building work in Brisbane have been uncovered following ongoing compliance audits by Queensland’s building regulator.

Queensland Building and Construction Commission officers targeted 54 active building sites over three days in May checking the licences of almost 200 individuals.

QBCC Commissioner Anissa Levy says their ongoing campaign to stamp out unlicensed, illegal and defective work across Queensland also detected two other individuals suspected of hiring an unlicensed contractor.

“These individuals will now be subject to further investigations by the QBCC which could

lead to fines or prosecution,” she says.

“These activities are illegal and the QBCC has zero tolerance for such activities, which is

why the QBCC is proactively running this campaign.”

In the 2024 financial year to date, the QBCC Compliance and Enforcement team has conducted 1325 visits to active building sites and checked that 4453 individuals were

appropriately licensed.

During these site audits QBCC officers detected 82 people suspected of performing

unlicensed work and a further 15 individuals suspected of hiring an unlicensed worker.

QBCC Commissioner Anissa Levy.

Flying high

Brisbane Airport has released a Request for Proposal, inviting top-tier food and beverage and retail operators to bid for over 32 premier opportunities within the International Terminal.

As part of the $5bn airport precinct transformation RFPs have been issued first for travel essentials, foreign exchange and food and beverage concessions with specialty following closely afterwards over 5000 sqm across three levels at the terminal.

BAC executive general manager commercial Martin Ryan says the International Terminal provides the “first welcome and final taste of Queensland”.

“We’re ready to welcome operators into the terminal that will push the boundaries in terms of what they offer in the lead-up to the 2032 Olympics and Paralympic Games,” he says.

“The International Terminal redevelopment presents an opportunity unlike anything we’ve offered before, with about 12 food and beverage, 14 specialty and four travel essentials sites available, as well as an exclusive foreign exchange partnership across both the International and Domestic Terminals.

“The successful operators will support us in creating a memorable and ‘uniquely Brisbane’ experience for travellers to enjoy as they depart for their holidays or return home.”

An artist's impression inside the new look Brisbane International Terminal.

Western riches

Things are looking good out west for Macarthur Minerals.

The Brisbane-based explorer/miner has agreed to sell the rights to mine and develop its Lake Giles Ularring iron ore project in Western Australia Gold Valley Yilgarn in a deal that could yield big money.

Gold Valley will buy the rights in a deal that involves payments totalling $750,000 to Macarthur by December and a royalty for the extraction of the ore that could push the potential value of the agreement to more than $90m.

The royalty deal will net the company $10m for the first 2 million tonnes of ore that Gold Valley ships out from the Lake Giles project and $1 for every subsequent tonne.

In 2012 Macarthur reported in 80.5 million tonnes of hematite to 45.4 per cent cut-off grade at Lake Giles.

The sale means Macarthur will have no development cost for Lake Giles or risk in a royalty deal, and still bring in the cash.

A very happy Macarthur chairman Cameron McCall says the sale marks a “pivotal step” for the company in bolstering the financial sustainability of its operations as it progresses towards bringing its much larger, 1.3 billion tonne Moonshine Magnetite Iron Project to market.