The New South Wales premier says the state’s construction industry will “definitely” return by the end of July, but has suggested the state will not adopt Victoria’s model of capacity limits on work sites because they “cause confusion”.
The construction industry is urging the government to overturn its hastily announced shutdown of the construction industry amid warnings of a $2bn blow to the economy as builders across greater Sydney scramble to deal with fallout from the ban.
Brian Seidler, executive director of the Master Builders Association in NSW, said talks with the government had been ongoing since the industry was caught off-guard by an announcement on Saturday that the construction industry would face a shutdown in the wake of spiralling case numbers in Sydney.
“I was on the phone for seven hours on Sunday. We were advised maybe half an hour before the announcement of what was going to happen,” he said.
“It’s happened now and what we need to do is…