Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner
Dissolved
2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)
Superseding agency
Australian Building and Construction Commission
Jurisdiction
Australia
Headquarters
Melbourne Victoria, Australia
Employees
120+
Agency executives
Leigh Johns, Acting Director (2012–2013)[1][2]
Brian Corney, Acting Director (2013)[2]
Val Gostencnik, Director (2013)[3][4]
Nigel Hadgkiss, Director (2013–2016)[5]
Parent agency
Department of Employment
Website
fwbc.gov.au
Fair Work Building & Construction (FWBC), or more formally the Office of the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate[6] was an Government of Australia agency established by the Fair Work (Building Industry) Act 2012. FWBC commenced operations on 1 June 2012, replacing its predecessor, the Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner. FWBC was replaced by the Australian Building and Construction Commission on 2 December 2016.
FWBC was responsible for enforcing industrial relations laws in Australia’s building and construction industry through the provision of education, assistance and advice.
FWBC aimed to ensure the rule of law applies on building sites within Australia and that building work is carried out fairly, efficiently and productively for the benefit of all building industry participants and for the benefit of the Australian economy as a whole.
The agency had offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Hobart, Darwin and Perth, with its head office located in Melbourne.
The agency’s investigators visited construction sites across Australia to ensure all building industry participants were complying with federal law.
^"FWBC Annual Report 2011–2012 - Organisational Structure". Fair Work Building & Construction (via the Internet Wayback Machine). Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^ ab"FWBC Annual Report 2012–2013 - Organisational Structure". Fair Work Building & Construction (via the Internet Wayback Machine). Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 25 June 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^Shorten, Bill (12 July 2013). "Fair Work Appointments". Bill Shorten. Australian Labor Party. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^Osborne, Paul; AAP Senior Political Writer. "Construction watchdog chief quits". Sydney Morning Herald. No. 25 September 2013. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^"FWBC Annual Report 2013–2014 - Organisational Structure". Fair Work Building & Construction (via the Internet Wayback Machine). Commonwealth of Australia. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
^"Fair Work (Building Industry) Act 2012". Federal Register of Legislation. section 26J: Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
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