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What happens to families when builders don't pay

Macey Hartshorn was just 12 years old when Walton Construction collapsed, costing her father his business, the family its...

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11th Feb. 2019 3:02 PM

Macey Hartshorn was just 12-years-old when Walton Construction collapsed costing her father his business and the family its home.

Couple nailed to the wall by builders gone bad

Insolvent builders leave $500m debt trail and families fighting to survive in their wake

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06th Feb. 2019 5:02 AM

Alison and Dave Daniels were nearly crippled by an unpaid $250,000 invoice in 2015.

Gympie subbies reveal toll of Stirling Homes collapse

'We're a small family business - this is a lot of money to a lot of people.'

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06th Feb. 2019 5:02 AM

Rebecca and David Pettigrove, owners of H & L Constructions, are one of the subcontractors left in the lurch of Stirling Homes' collapse.

Family-owned business goes bust after nearly seven decades

A FAMILY-OWNED business that operated on the Darling Downs for 67 years has closed its doors.

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29th Nov. 2018 6:11 AM

Megafraud appeal: 'Profound' Kleenmaid problem alleged

Coast whitegoods businessman says conviction and jail sentences are wrong

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16th Nov. 2018 6:11 AM

Bradley Wendell Young has gone to the appeal court. (FILE)

Toowoomba business in liquidation owing $375,000

A TOOWOOMBA accommodation provider that went into liquidation last week owes at least $375,000 to a number of creditors.

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31st Oct. 2018 1:10 PM

The Toowoomba Motel and Events Centre has gone into liquidation.

Mongrel industry robs even the dignity of the dispossessed

The real impact of construction sector rogues revealed in anguished cries

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20th Oct. 2018 7:10 AM

The Queensland Government is now driving changes to better protect the powerless in one of the state's biggest industries.

Police may be called in over $3m Cleary Group collapse

Queensland's construction regulator was investigating a number of potential breaches of the QBCC Act by Sunshine Coast...

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29th Aug. 2018 10:08 AM

Subbies target Turnbull over $15b payment ripoff

The construction industry showdown shaping as a federal election game changer

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18th Aug. 2018 12:08 PM

SUBCONTRACTORS Alliance head Les Williams says construction small business would target marginal WA and Qld electorates if the Turnbull Government does not move swiftly to embrace the recommendations of an Australian Building and Construction Commission inquiry into payment security.

LIQUIDATION: Court orders iconic pub to be wound up

A $2.4 MILLION debt has thrust the future of one of Bundaberg's oldest hotels into uncertainty.

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18th Aug. 2018 6:08 AM

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