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CCAA Encouraged by Ongoing Focus on Infrastructure in QLD State Budget

The peak body representing Australia’s heavy construction materials industry, Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA), has firmly endorsed the continued focus on building and infrastructure in the 2021 Budget handed down by Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick. CCAA CEO Ken Slattery said the construction sector had helped successfully steer the State’s economy through the uncertainty of … Read more

Budget Advanced Recovery Through Job Creation, and Housing & Infrastructure Spend

CCAA welcomes the 2020/21 Federal Budget and the strong advancement in the economic recovery plan, which directs further spending to housing construction and infrastructure investment. The capacity for construction to supercharge Australia’s economic recovery continues to be recognised with the Budget allowing for an additional 10,000 first home buyers to build or purchase a new … Read more

Minister’s Statement Underlines Role Quarries Play in Driving Victoria’s Economic Recovery

A 25 per cent growth in output by quarries over the past six years to support Victoria’s construction boom underlines the importance of sustainable management practices and policies to protect the State’s reserves of sand, rock and gravel. Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA) CEO Ken Slattery has welcomed last week’s Parliamentary update by Victorian … Read more