Illustration: Toby Wilkinson
Like doomed footsoldiers on the blood-soaked battlefield of the Somme in 1916, subcontractors in the construction industry are so numerous, they are considered expendable.
Thats the startling analogy cited by a Senate committee report into insolvencies in the industry, underlining just how brutal it can be for those at the bottom of the contracting chain. The report, tabled on Parliaments final sitting day last year, refers to a cutthroat c…
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