You don't have to take it up the khyber every time you do your tax. To help beef up your return we got H&R Block tax expert Frank Brass to explain in plain English what items sole traders can claim on and how they can go about it.  More

The high cost of legal services has made us lawyers highly unpopular, but we're also hated because we insist on the strict letter of the law to prevent others getting their way to the detriment of our clients.   More

Save time with a latch marker that incorporates a chisel! Perth carpenter Ryan Harvey is 33 years old now and owns his own business, but he remembers like it was yesterday   More

How Sydney tradie Sam Turnbull made a motza with a device that sorts out and recovers aggregate.   More

The government screwed up big time with the insulation scheme but what can be done to make sure it doesn't happen again? by Dave Noonan, National Secretary CFMEU - Construction and General Division   More

Working near traffic requires proper concrete safety barriers. By Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union NSW Secretary Andrew Ferguson.  More

It's a bird, it's a plane... no, it's SUPER TRADIE! Townsville chippie Adam Price does the jobs only birds can get to.  More

A television production company is looking for tradies who have been seduced on the job for a documentary.   More

The Tradie brings you the latest innovations from the world's biggest tool fair. The International Hardwair Fair in Cologne is the big daddy of tool festivals.   More

Sydney builder acts up a storm in Packed to the Rafters. THREE years ago, George Houvardas was hunched over a jackhammer, smashing up concrete. Today, he's the star of Packed To The Rafters, Channel Seven's top-rating Aussie drama...  More

The rectangular stadium is almost ready to play on. For yonks, Melbourne has been without a decent footy stadium for its soccer, rugby league and rugby union fans...  More

Designbuild, Australia's largest building and design expo, is the one place you can meet the building industry's key decision makers face-to-face. As Australia's leading showcase for commercial, industrial and domestic building and design Designbuild features a comprehensive range of local and international products including a number of exclusive new product launches. Venue: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Victoria. http://www.designbuildexpo.com.au/  

IRRIGATION AUSTRALIA is the largest event of its kind in the southern hemisphere and an essential event for the Irrigation Industry in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. The event features a technical conference, a business to business trade exhibition and a half-day workshop program for end-users.Venue: Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. www.irrigationaustralia.com.au/  

How an Aussie tradie built a top business in Vanuatu... On average, the Pacific paradise of Vanuatu has one earthquake a month. Dwellings must be constructed with a healthy respect for mother nature's capacity for destruction...  More

Building bosses in the south-east of Sydney have now got a great new pool of apprentice talent: Randwick Vocational College. The College is for students who've finished their Year 10 studies and are completing a vocationally-oriented HSC...  More

Five workers badly hurt while building the Ice Beach Hotel in Pattaya, Thailand.  More

Dallas Cowboys training facility blows away in gnarly thunderstorm.  More