Construction
‘Read the room’: Premier blasts Nicheliving head after tussle with veteran reporter
Footage shows the embattled builder swiping the microphone from Geof Parry’s hand and telling the cameraman to stop filming as the reporter tries to shield the camera.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Nicheliving building boss in tussle with 7 News reporter
The altercation was filmed exclusively by 7 News Perth on Saturday.
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Forestry
WA’s most iconic heritage places to be repaired with overseas wood
The WA Heritage Council has described the lack of WA-grown hardwood as a significant issue for large-scale heritage projects.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Development
The jet-setting, Bentley driving builder who left 850 defects in his wake
Building contractor Sippy Grewal promises to “bring your dreams to reality”. The building commissioner says some of his work is a “purchaser’s nightmare”.
- by Max Maddison
CFMEU official booted from worksites after Fair Work Commission ruling
A senior CFMEU official captured on camera allegedly making threats to kill an owner of a labour hire company won’t be allowed on worksites after a Fair Work Commission judgment.
- by Erin Pearson
The lofty renovation project behind the beachside house that earns $450,000 a year
The beautifully renovated house is on the market with a price guide of $13.5 million.
- by Tawar Razaghi
Leaky pipe saga goes back decades, traumatised WA home owners warn
Families traumatised by decades of what they describe as “ticking time-bomb” plumbing pipes are pleading for compassion after being excluded from a deal to remediate newer homes.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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Building Bad
George Alex’s boast: I’m untouchable because CFMEU ‘need money’
Organised crime boss George Alex boasted the CFMEU deemed his firms “untouchable” on building sites because union officials needed their “kickers”, according to police surveillance.
- by David Marin-Guzman and Nick McKenzie
Ousted CFMEU boss not confident of winning High Court fight
“We’re hoping to win, but this is a political campaign,” former Queensland secretary Michael Ravbar told a large Brisbane rally on Tuesday.
- by William Davis
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Housing crisis
How a home builder who didn’t finish the job collapsed, owing $4 million
ANSA Homes had its building licence suspended more than two months ago. Now the liquidators have been called in.
- by Max Maddison
How Frances turned 1000 straw bales into a fortress-like Torquay house
It took 22 years of dedication, but the result is a thoughtful refuge that’s warm in winter and connected to the landscape.
- by Pauline Morrissey
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