GREATER security for subcontract small businesses in the construction industry would increase their confidence to invest and employ more people, Housing Minister Mick de Brenni has declared.
He has signed off on the engagement of Deloitte and Clayton Utz Lawyers to assist in the design of security of payment reform in Queensland based on analysis done by the Department of Housing.
Mr de Brenni warned the Opposition could object at its own peril to changes which would improve the plight of subcontractors.
Addressing the issue was a key element of the exchange of letters between Nicklin Independent and now Speaker of the House Peter Wellington and the Premier that allowed Labor to form government last year.
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