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CCAA Announces a New Concrete Brand to the Australian Market

Australia’s most popular construction material has a new brand identity. Concrete. Futureproof your build™ is the centrepiece of a new brand direction developed by CCAA and its foundation member companies, to reinforce the reasons why concrete is the construction material of choice in the Australian market. The new Branding approach focuses on the specifier, architect … Read more

New Resources Minister Announced as the Heavy Construction Materials Sector Builds Towards Recovery  

Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia (CCAA) congratulates the Hon Jaala Pulford on her appointment as Victorian Minister for Resources. With her experience in the roads and regional development portfolios and as Minister for Employment and Small Business, Minister Pulford’s role is well placed to further support the construction led recovery of the state out of … Read more

New Quarry Planning Reforms Helps Safeguard Victoria’s Resources for Future Growth

CCAA is very encouraged by the Victorian Government recognising the critical need for quarry resource identification and protection, through the introduction of Strategic Extractive Resource Areas (SERAs) into South Gippsland and Wyndham local government areas. The introduction of the SERAs will provide better support for the quarry sector that is playing a key role in … Read more

Infrastructure Key to Drive SA Economy  

The peak body representing Australia’s heavy construction materials industry, Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA), has welcomed the continued focus on infrastructure to drive the South Australian Economy. The 2021-22 SA Budget continues investment in key infrastructure projects across the state. CCAA also welcomes funding for business cases for future infrastructure, which will help position … Read more

NSW Budget: Future Infrastructure Endorsed

The peak body representing Australia’s heavy construction materials industry, Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA), has endorsed the 2021-22 NSW Budget for its continued focus and investment in key infrastructure projects across the state. The “Your Family, Your future” Budget seeks to position the state for the post COVID-19 future with plans to spend $108.5bn … Read more

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