The Subcontract Brief

Mat Kennedy | Construction Contracts
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Short, sharp briefings on Australian construction subcontracts - payment law, time bars, retention, variations and the clauses that quietly move your money. Built from real data: every stat comes from The Australian Subcontract Index, a live public dataset of real Australian subcontracts. Hosted by Mat Kennedy, a contracts specialist who has negotiated $200M+ on both sides of the table, and produced with AI narration of his own voice. Free tools, the Index and notice templates: theconstructioncontracts.co

Episodes

  1. Aug 27

    Adjudication: The Legal Process Most Subbies Never Use

    Built to get subcontractors paid in weeks, not years. The four steps, the strict windows, and why it's won on paperwork months before the dispute exists.

  2. Aug 27

    The $126,000 Delay That Wasn't Theirs

    A composite story: two ordinary clauses, nine weeks of someone else's delay, and an entitlement that ceased to exist. The contract didn't care who caused the delay - it cared who sent an email by Thursday.

  3. Aug 27

    The 5 Clauses I'd Never Sign Unamended

    From 55 real Australian subcontracts: termination for convenience (90%), set-off without notice (98%), never-ending defects periods, uncapped LDs (83%) and the absolute time bar (100%).

  4. Aug 27

    "Just Sort It While You're Here" - What a Variation Actually Costs

    The three clauses working against you the moment work changes, and the 90-second email that saves the claim.

  5. Aug 27

    Retention: Your Money, Their Account

    How retention actually works, when it comes back, the release triggers that hold it hostage, and what the market-normal 5% cap looks like against real contracts.

  6. Aug 27

    How a Subcontractor Actually Gets Paid (The Life of a Payment Claim)

    The payment claim is not an invoice - it is a formal claim the builder must answer on a statutory clock. The timeline, the three forks, and why silence is the strongest position a subbie can hold.

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Short, sharp briefings on Australian construction subcontracts - payment law, time bars, retention, variations and the clauses that quietly move your money. Built from real data: every stat comes from The Australian Subcontract Index, a live public dataset of real Australian subcontracts. Hosted by Mat Kennedy, a contracts specialist who has negotiated $200M+ on both sides of the table, and produced with AI narration of his own voice. Free tools, the Index and notice templates: theconstructioncontracts.co

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    Mat Kennedy | Construction Contracts
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    6
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