{"id":60220,"date":"2014-03-13T23:01:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T13:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=60220"},"modified":"2020-12-04T15:53:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T05:53:59","slug":"minister-meets-with-building-industry-reps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/03\/13\/minister-meets-with-building-industry-reps\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Meets With<br> Building Industry Reps"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_60223\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60223\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140313mander1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-60223\" title=\"20140313 Tim Mander's visit\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140313mander1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140313mander1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140313mander1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Housing Minister Tim Mander, Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington and local painting contractors Terry and Dean Fleischfresser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>March 13, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Burnett builders and contractors had the opportunity this afternoon to get an update about the latest regulatory changes in the construction industry, directly from the MP responsible.<\/p>\n<p>Housing and Public Works Minister Tim Mander met with industry representatives in an information session at the Nanango Cultural Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mander is also responsible for the State Government&#8217;s capital works program and it was an opportunity for local businesses to learn more about the government&#8217;s procurement processes.<\/p>\n<p>He told <strong>southburnett.com.au<\/strong> the State Government was stimulating the construction industry by reducing red tape.<\/p>\n<p>There had also been changes in procurement policies which would be better for local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mander said another important reason for the meeting was that the government wanted to listen to local people so that there could be better engagement with local contractors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_60222\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60222\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140313mander2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-60222\" title=\"20140313 Tim Mander's visit\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140313mander2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140313mander2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140313mander2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-60222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Gillan (KCG Homes), Peter Maddock (Peter Maddock Family Homes), Clint Andrewartha (Hotondo) and Darren Kefford (Kingaroy Joinery)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Burnett builders and contractors had the opportunity this afternoon to get an update about the latest regulatory changes in the construction industry, directly from the MP responsible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":60223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[30],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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