Working in Your State

Operating as a tradie in New South Wales — the Fair Trading licence and $5,000 threshold, HBCF home warranty, the SOPA payment regime, icare workers' comp, the 0.25% long-service levy, SafeWork priorities and the Class 2/strata rules. Guidance only.

Operating as a tradie in Victoria — VBA registration and the $10,000 threshold, the Domestic Building Contracts Act deposit caps, the SOP Act and VCAT, WorkSafe premiums, LeavePlus portable long service, and the DBI shift to First Resort in 2026. Guidance only.

Operating as a tradie in Queensland — QBCC licensing and the $3,300 threshold, the BIF Act payment regime and Project Trust Accounts, WorkCover Queensland premiums, QBI home warranty, the WHSQ watchlist and the BERT redundancy trust. Guidance only.

Operating as a tradie in Western Australia — Building Services Board registration and the $20,000 threshold, the Home Building Contracts Act deposit cap and rise-and-fall ban, the 2021 Security of Payment Act, WorkCover WA, the CTF levy and WorkSafe priorities. Guidance only.

Operating as a tradie in South Australia — the CBS building work contractor licence (which captures subbies), the SA Security of Payment Act, ReturnToWorkSA premiums, the 2% construction long-service levy, PlanSA approvals and SafeWork SA priorities. Guidance only.

Operating as a tradie in Tasmania — CBOS licensing under the Building Act 2016 and the 12-CPD-points rule, the private-insurer workers'-comp model, the SOP Act, harmonised WHS, and TasBuild portable long service with its deregistration trap. Guidance only.

Operating as a tradie in the ACT — occupation-based licensing and builder classes A-D under COLA, the 2024 Security of Payment amendments (flat 15-business-day term), licensed-insurer workers' comp, CITCS portable long service and the model-WHS-plus focus. Guidance only.

Operating as a tradie in the Northern Territory — Building Practitioners Board licensing and the $12,000 threshold, the WA-model Security of Payment Act, NT WorkSafe workers' comp (26 weeks then 75%), and NT Build tiered portable long service. Guidance only.

Working across state borders as a tradie — how mutual recognition carries your licence (and where it does not), which Security of Payment Act applies, the workers'-comp state-of-connection test, how portable long service transfers under the NRA, and non-transferable WHS duties. Guidance only.