The Freedom of Information Act 1982 establishes the Information Publication Scheme that requires Australian Government agencies to publish a broad range of information on their websites. Information available below is organised in topics as described in the Act.
Agency Plan
The ABCC Agency Plan is the document which describes how the ABCC proposes to implement and administer the IPS.
Information Publication Scheme – ABCC Agency plan 
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Who we are
The Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner is responsible for ensuring that building and construction work is carried out for the benefit of all building industry participants and for the benefit of the Australian economy as a whole.
The ABCC is a full service regulator that aims to bring about fair and productive building and construction work.
ABC Commissioner Leigh Johns was appointed under s 15 of the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 for a 5 year term effective from 11 October 2010. A biography of Leigh Johns is available on this website.
The Leadership and structure page of the ABCC website also includes information on the ABCC’s structure.
What we do
The role of the Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner is to monitor and promote appropriate standards of conduct throughout the building and construction industry. The Role of the ABCC page provides further information on the responsibilities of the ABCC in the building and construction industry.
Much of the ABCC’s operational information is already available on this website, including the list of documents previously published under s 9 of the FOI Act. A list of further operational information can be accessed below:
Our reports and responses to Parliament
The ABCC has provided Annual Reports to the Parliament for each financial year beginning in 2005-06. All Annual Report are published on the Annual Reports page.
Information that is routinely the Parliament in response to requests and orders from the Parliament can be accessed from the ABCC’s Accountability page. This information includes the ABCC’s Contract Listings and File listings. Our Portfolio Budget Statements are available from the DEEWR website.
Routinely requested information and disclosure log
Routinely requested information can be accessed through our Freedom of information disclosure log page.
Consultation arrangements
On 19 November 2010 ABC Commissioner Leigh Johns announced the Sham Contracting Inquiry. The Sham Contracting Inquiry website contains details of the inquiry, including submissions and details of public consultation arrangements
Contact us (s 8(2)(i)).
Optional information to be published under the IPS
The ABCC will publish on the IPS section of its website other information that it holds (in addition to the information published under s 8(2)), taking into account the objects of the FOI Act (s 8(4)).
Contact us
For further information regarding access to ABCC documents under the FOI Act please contact Tim Honey on 03 8509 3012, or by email at foi@abcc.gov.au.
For any comments or feedback regarding our IPS documents, please use our online enquiry form. This form should also be used to alert us of any accessibility issues with documents including if they are not discoverable, understandable or machine-readable.