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Media releases

Read the latest AAC Media Releases here:

2023

• Industry calls for urgent reform of Planning Portal - November 2023
• AAC NSW Election Policy Platform - February 2023

2021

• Flawed Planning Portal slammed by mid coast construction professionals - 23 July 2022
• How NSW government red tape will increase housing construction costs and delays - Domain article, 5 March 2021
• Regional housing construction costs and delays to increase unless Planning Portal is fixed - 25 February 2021
  
• Certifiers urge sweeping changes to flawed Planning Portal - 22 February 2021
• Homeowners at risk if Building and Design Practitioners avoid insurance requirements - 8 February 2021

2020

• AAC Welcomes NSW Building Commissioners new powers and urges focus on entire industry - 1 September 2020
• NSW building certifiers welcome new law to improve accountability across the construction sector - 3 June 2020
• NSW Parliament urged to pass vital building sector legislation - 8 May 2020
• AAC remarks to the BMF meeting - 17 February 2020

2019

• Building surveyors shut their doors as insurance crisis grinds projects to a halt - 19 December 2019
• Building ministers take little responsibility for addressing insurance crisis - 13 December 2019
• Building ministers urged to fix insurance horror show this Friday the 13th - 12 December 2019
• NSW Building Certifiers support intention of Government's Design & Building Practitioners Bill - 13 November 2019
• NSW certifiers welcome outcomes of building ministers’ forum and encourage government to fast-track reforms - 19 July 2019
• NSW certifiers warn national response to insurance crisis must not come at expense of immediate state action - 17 July 2019
• Certifiers cautiously welcome NSW government action on insurance crisis, but more work needed - 1 July 2019
• Promised building reforms must be a priority for re-elected NSW Government - 25 March 2019
• Letter to the editor - Blue Mountains Gazette - 21 March 2019
• Certifiers warn of significant growing risk to NSW construction industry over insurance void - 6 March 2019
• Engineers report vindicates Accredited Certifiers - 22 February 2019
• Letter to the editor - Newcastle Herald - published 11 February 2019
• Certifiers welcome NSW government proposed reforms - 10 February 2019
• AAC 8 Point Plan to reform the building industry - February 2019

Letters

Read the latest AAC letters to government here:Letter to ePlanning re Portal fixes - 27 September 2023

• Letter to Stephen Kramper - 22 August 2023
• Letter + survey to David Chandler - 17 August 2023
• Letter to Engineers Aust re importance levels - 25 July 2023
• Letter to Dept of Customer Service re FFCC - 19 July 2023 - Letters also sent to Property Council NSW and FPAA
• Letter to Minister Chanthivong - 4 June 2023
• Letter to Minister Kramper - 4 June 2023
• Letter to Minister Scully - 4 June 2023
• Letter to Small Business Commissioner - 9 March 2023

2022

• Staged developments BCA version submission - 14 November 2022
• Letter to FRNSW - 5 September 2022
• Letter to Minister Dominello NCC2022 commencement date - 18 August 2022
• Letter to Minister Dominello re Staged Approvals - 1 August 2022
• Letter to Dept of Customer Service re delays in certifier registrations - 29 July 2022
• AAC letter to Minister Husic - 9 June 2022
• Letter to Dept Customer Service re Engineering Competency - 28 April 2022
• Letter to Minister Petinos re BCA staged approvals - 4 March 2022
• UDIA letter re Planning Portal survey - 7 January 2022
• Letter to Minister Petinos re proportionate liability - 5 January 2022

2021

• Letter to ePlanning re Portal Feedback + AAC Survey results - 7 December 2021
• Letter to Minister Anderson re savings provisions - 29 October 2021
• Letter to local members re savings provisions - 29 October 2021
• Letter to Minister Stokes re DPIE Strata-Torrens Anomaly- 13 October 2021
• Letter to follow up BCA discussion letter - 12 October 2021
• Letter to Fire Rescue NSW re performance based design brief position statement - 28 September 2021
• Letter to Plannning Minister re proposed EPandA 2021 review consultation - 24 September 2021
• Letter to Shadow Minister Houssos on the need for reform which version of the BCA - 26 August 2021
• Letter to Minister Anderson re Fire & Rescue NSW position statement - 15 July 2021
• Letter to Minister Stokes re Planning Portal issues - 15 July 2021
• Letter to new Shadow Minister Better Regulation & Innovation, Courtney Houssos, MLC - 15 June 2021
• Letter to Minister Anderson re licensing of tradespeople - 5 May 2021
• Letter to NSW Attorney General, Mark Speakman - 4 May 2021
• Letter to ePlanning re ongoing issues with the Planning Portal - 21 January 2021

2020

• Letter to Office of Building Commissioner regarding notification to provide information - 30 October 2020
• Letter to Office of Building Commissioner regarding Fact Sheets - 29 October 2020
• Letter to David Chandler OAM re Certifier Practice Standard - 16 September 2020
• Letter to Fair Trading re Find a Certifier search - 16 September 2020
• Letter to DPIE re Planning Portal (contains results of member survey) - 14 September 2020
• Letter to Minister Anderson re 1 July Regulation changes - 24 June 2020
• Letter to DPIE re clarlification of ambiguities relating strata certification - 25 May 2020
• Letter to Minister Anderson re Design and Building Practitioners Bill and Residential Apartment Buildings Bill - 4 May 2020
• Letter to Minister Karen Andrews re professional indemnity insurance - 2 April 2020
• Letter to Minister Kevin Anderson: Impact of state‐wide lockdown on the NSW construction industry - 27 March 2020
• Letter to Minister Kevin Anderson: Impact of COVID‐19 on the regulatory obligations of Accredited Certifiers in NSW - 24 March 2020