\uc2dd\ubb3c \uc5d1\uc18c\uc998<\/a> with labour demand strong across the entire economy.<\/p>\n“Broadly speaking, every industry is going through some significant growth and demand for additional workers,” he told reporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The premier acknowledged labour force shortages remained a major challenge, particularly for the construction industry.<\/p>\n
Two Perth home builders – New Sensation Homes and \uc2dd\ubb3c \uc5d1\uc18c\uc998 Home Innovation Builders – have gone into liquidation in recent days, citing issues with costs, labour and \uc2dd\ubb3c \uc5d1\uc18c\uc998 supplies.<\/p>\n
It comes after major construction group Pindan appointed administrators last year.<\/p>\n
Material shortages have been exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, \uc2dd\ubb3c \uc5d1\uc18c\uc998 while the rising price of steel has also caused difficulties.<\/p>\n
Having met with the Master Builders Association this week, Mr McGowan declined to weigh in on rumours other home builders could be facing similar collapse.<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to talk the industry down,” he said.<\/p>\n
“The problems are ones of success. We have so many homes being built, we have so many new contracts that were signed … and they don’t have a provision for escalation in cost.<\/p>\n
“For individual builders in their contracts with individual home purchasers, I just urge both parties to work together and negotiate so that they can get their home built.<\/p>\n
“There’s not a great deal the state can do about those individual contracts.”<\/p>\n
Mr McGowan said campaigns advertising for workers to move to WA had been rolled out across Australia and would also run internationally.<\/p>\n
The premier had no regrets about introducing stimulus grants for WA home builders early in the COVID-19 pandemic to complement the federal government’s HomeBuilder package.<\/p>\n
“No contracts were being signed,” he said.<\/p>\n
“The entire industry which employs sixty or seventy thousand people was in danger of dying and there being a valley of death in which everyone was sacked and businesses went broke all around the state.”<\/p>\n
Mr McGowan, in his capacity as treasurer, will hand down the state budget on May 12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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