What kind of contract were you handed?
The name on the cover shapes what's inside. These breakdowns cover the common kinds of subcontract paperwork in Australia - what each pattern actually says on payment, time bars, set-off and termination, grounded in real published documents from the Index corpus.
The QBCC commercial template
The QBCC's free commercial building template, clause by clause: 25 business day payment terms, notice before set-off, 15 days for EOT claims. Why the government's own template is the fairness benchmark.
AS 4901, as amended
AS 4901 is Australia's best-known subcontract form - but it is almost never issued unamended. The special conditions to check: absolute time bars, termination for convenience, set-off without notice, restarting defects periods.
The builder's own template
We analysed 10 publicly published builder-authored subcontract templates: median EOT notice window of 2 days, 10 of 10 allow set-off without notice, 10 of 10 include termination for convenience. The pattern, and what to negotiate.
Purchase order terms
Trade work is increasingly contracted on purchase order terms - a few pages that can carry 60+ day payment terms, absolute time bars and consequential loss indemnities. What we found in real published PO terms.
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