WA tradies are seeing wages fall after mining boom

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Updated November 1 2016 - 3:52pm, first published 1:00pm
New data shows that the cost of tradesmen in building and construction had fallen in WA. Busselton tiler Jeffrey Casellas said in the South West the rate for tiling had remained fairly dormant for the last decade.
New data shows that the cost of tradesmen in building and construction had fallen in WA. Busselton tiler Jeffrey Casellas said in the South West the rate for tiling had remained fairly dormant for the last decade.

NEW data has shown the soft housing market in WA has had a 25 per cent downturn in building and construction costs, according to the trade services website Service Seeking.

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Emma Kirk

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Journalist for the Busselton Mail, Australian Community Media, and Fairfax Media.