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Read MoreSecurity of Payments – secure by name but not by nature
Master Painters and Decorators Australia (MP&DA) has joined with ReBuild Australia in calling for the Government to go further with its Security of Payment Bill.
Read MoreGovernment puts licensing fees back in your pocket
To help streamline this process of refunding licensing fees for 2020-21, MP&DA has been asked by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) to pass on the following information…
Read MoreJOINT MEDIA RELEASE BY WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS AND UNIONS
A coalition of Industry Associations and Trade Unions have joined together to develop guidelines for managing the risks associated with COVID-19 on Western Australian construction sites. The guidelines will be regularly updated and made widely available within the Building and Construction Industry. The Building and Construction Industry employs over 120,000 Western Australians, 94% of who…
Read MoreLack of State Government action puts consumers and industry at risk.
Poor policing of unregistered painters in Western Australia is creating an expensive risk for home-owners, particularly new home buyers, with a knock-on effect for the painting and decorating industry. President of Master Painters & Decorators Australia [MP&DA], Gary Cox, says the Building Commission within the Department of Mines and Energy is failing in its duty…
Read MorePainters Brush with Pride in 2018 Awards for Excellence
The 2018 MP&DA DuluxGroup Awards for Excellence, held at the Pan Pacific Hotel Perth on 20 October, has highlighted the outstanding quality of tradesmen and women in the Western Australian painting and decorating industry. CEO of Master Painters and Decorators Australia [MP&DA], Amanda Dawes congratulated all the category winners on the high calibre of entries…
Read MoreHard work pays off for Youlu Zhao
Banksia Grove resident Youlu Zhao was a teenager when he migrated to Australia from China and spent his first years learning English and working in the hospitality industry in Sydney. It wasn’t until he made the trek across the Nullabor to Western Australia that he was able to follow his dream to become a painter…
Read MoreRenovators warned – DON’T RISK IT
Protecting owner-builders and renovators from dodgy, over-priced paint jobs is at the heart of a new campaign from …
Read MoreThinking of taking up a painting apprenticeship?
Check out some of the work that pre-apprentices and apprentices learn at MPA Skills. Contact MPA Skills on 08 9471 6600 …
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