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The Border Watch : October 29th 2013
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 Country Press SA Newspaper Of The Year – 2010, 2011 & 2012 www.borderwatch.com.au | $1.10 sday, October 29, 2013 Country Press SA Newspaper Of The Y y, October 29, 2013 Country Press SA Newspaper Of The Year – 2010, 2011 & 2012 www.borderwatch.com.au | $1.10 SPRING SPRING SHOW DELIGHT NEWS > PAGES 2, 3 & 14 ANGER: Vicki Booth - whose family is owed $70,000 from the collapsed Walton Construction group - stands outside the $80m Mount Gambier Marketplace. The construction group was the head contractor on the project, which was the biggest shopping centre ever built in the region. Picture: SANDRA MORELLO CARSMART LIFTOUT > INSIDE TODAY THE NISSAN JUKE MAKES ITS AUSTRALIAN DEBUT INTER CHAMPIONS SPORT > BACK PAGE Shortchanged Subcontractors face losses from Marketplace construction company collapse MORELLO M S sa SANDRA sandra@tbw.com.au A CLUSTER of subcontractors who worked on the $80m Mount Gambier Marketplace is owed potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars after the shock collapse of the head building company. Mount Gambier based subcontractors - including plumbing and electrical companies - have not been paid in full following the opening of the sprawling retail centre in August last year. Head contractor Walton Construction was placed in administration early this month, leaving a trail of unpaid debts across Australia, including in Mount Gambier. It is understood the construction WEATHER > TODAY – POSSIBLE LIGHT SHOWER. 17O – PAGE 33 .... once again the subcontractor is the bottom of the food chain and anger is growing Vicki Booth heavyweight - which was also the chief builder on the $100m David Jones store refurbishment in BUSINESS > PAGES 8-10 Melbourne - kept a retention payment of up to 5pc for 12 months for work completed on the Mount Gambier shopping complex. But in a major blow to Mount Gambier’s construction sector, this money has not been paid to subcontractors, leaving them high and dry. Vicki Booth - whose family company operates Metal Worx Sheetmetal and Plumbing and formed a new company with another TV GUIDE > PAGE 12 COMICS > PAGE 24 established plumbing business to bid for the project - said her family was owed $70,000 in outstanding payments. She said she was angry that Woolworths had paid the construction fi rm, but Walton Construction had “walked away” from Mount Gambier subcontractors, who should had been paid in August following the 12-month deadline. Continued page 4 CLASSIFIEDS > PAGES 25-27 T Made of Marine Grade 316 Stainless Steel, the only thing Invisi-Gard Security Screens won’t keep out is the view y Phone 8725 0733 Display centre: 33 Crouch Street South, Mount Gambier www.mountglass.com.au 625892 618507 M A O L U G N S S T O M O U L N G T A S S
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