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How will NCC modernisation simplify building rules for windows and doors?

By Sheng Xu · 12 October 2026

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The Australian Government is streamlining the National Construction Code (NCC) to create a more user-friendly, cost-effective, and innovative regulatory system. This initiative, pausing residential changes until 2029, aims to reduce complexity and compliance burdens. For windows and doors, this could mean clearer pathways for product innovation, simpler compliance demonstration, and improved accessibility of requirements for builders and specifiers.

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