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Building company A1A Homes and its subsidiary A1A Commercial Builders have been revealed as among the latest casualties of Australia's construction industry crisis.

The business, which is based in Point Cook in Melbourne's south-west, went into administration on May 2.

For investors and first-home buyers, the news has come as a "stressful" surprise, with many telling 9News they are now seeking legal action.

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Baljinder Pal Singh signed a contract with A1A Homes to build his five-bedroom investment property at Truganina in June 2021.

It was meant to be completed in four months.

"It's really stressful I would say and I really don't know where to go from here," he told 9News today.

He said he had a fixed price contract in place, but said the builder soon began asking for more money, up to $50,0000, citing increased costs.

"They have actually taken money from people and they stopped building. I think by god's grace I was lucky," he said.

Kathleen Vouris and Richard Albarran from Hall Chadwick have been appointed to the administrations.

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A1A homes have built houses  in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Northern Territory and Western Australia.

"With over 15 years of experience, A1A Homes has built a reputation for being one of the fast growing [sic] builders in Australia," its website reads.

A1A Commercial Builders has been marketed as "a leading construction company with over 20 years industry experience".

Its website says it has been responsible for building schools, including Melbourne South Primary School for the Department of Education, as well as retail and commericials builds.

Clients are now seeking legal action.

It comes as victims of the Porter Davis collapse have been offered a financial lifeline from the state government.

Although today, Premier Daniel Andrews wouldn't commit to providing similar support for those impacted by A1A's collapse, leaving it in the hands of administrators.

"Going into administration is not necessarily the end," he said.

"If it's done right, if the fundamentals are there, there is every opportunity to push through and finish the work they are contracted to do."

Creditors will meet for a second time to discuss the future of A1A Homes on Tuesday.

9News.com.au have contacted A1A Homes and Hall Chadwick for comment.

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The road is expected to remain closed for some time and there are no available diversions.

A cannabis crop with an estimated value of $122,000 have been found by Queensland Police in a remote area off the state's coast.

Detectives said they found 49 mature plants surrounded by a makeshift electric fence in a national park at West Point on Magnetic Island.

An investigation has been launched to find out more about the crop which was found on May 23.

Police seeking information about from anyone who may have seen people behaving suspiciously in or around the national park at West Point.

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Manawatū Chef of the Year Grant Kitchen claimed there was no employment relationship.

A crime scene has formally been declared a week after a blaze tore through a Sydney heritage-listed building, leaving 140 people displaced and destroying the 100-year-old structure. 

It was confirmed today that the matter had officially been handed over to police, after Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) declared the seven-storey building safe to investigate.

The Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) and FRNSW were called in on Friday to coordinate the response, but are now satisfied the blaze had been properly extinguished and no longer poses a major threat to investigators.

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Engineers and experts from NSW Public Works are now working with police, the building's owners and their contractors on the demolition moving forward.

Earlier today, extra machinery was brought in to assist and it's expected that the remaining walls will be brought down to further reduction of the exclusion zone.

Once this is complete and safety assessments are conducted, "most of the residents of 30-34 and 38 Chalmers Street will be able to return to their apartments", police said.

That is expected to occur within the next few days.

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Due to "significant works" needing to be completed at 1-5 Randle Street, "it may be several weeks before the building can be re-occupied".

Two homeless people – believed to have been sleeping rough in the building around the time of the fire – remain unaccounted for following the fire, with police using cadaver dogs and forensic imaging to detect anyone who may have been killed.

Though no discoveries have so far been made.

A total of 140 people remain displaced, with emergency housing provided for those unable to stay with friends and family. 

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Drivers and pedestrians have been reminded that Chalmers Street and Randle Street between Cleveland Street and Elizabeth Street remains closed.

Four teenagers have handed themselves into police in relation to the fire.

No charges have been laid.

It is unlikely any part of the heritage building will be saved, with the owners said to be devastated a development application for a revamped five-star hotel will not go ahead.

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Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters, the investigative journalists who reported allegations of Ben Roberts-Smith's war crimes, have labelled a Federal Court Judge's decision to throw out the former SAS soldier's defamation case "justice".

"Today is a day of justice," McKenzie said outside court.

"It's a day of justice for those brave men of the SAS who stood up and told the truth about who Ben Roberts-Smith is.

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"Australia should be proud of those men in the SAS. They are the majority in the SAS and they stood up for what was right. And they have been vindicated.

McKenzie added it was a "day of some small justice" for the Afghan victims of Roberts-Smith.

Masters, meanwhile, said the judgement shouldn't be thought of as a bad day for Australian soldiers.

"I think of those soldiers who had not only physical courage but also moral courage… I'm proud that they're out there, that as journalists we can meet Australian people who are prepared to tell a difficult truth and stand up to it," he said.

Roberts-Smith had sued The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and Canberra Times around allegations of five unlawful killings of Afghans the newspapers claim he either committed or was complicit in.

A Federal Court judge found allegations Roberts-Smith murdered or was complicit in the killing of four unarmed Afghans while deployed overseas were "substantially true" in a landmark defamation ruling.

In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, James Chessell, Nine's Managing Director of Publishing, and executive editor of The Age and The Herald Tory Maguire welcomed the judgment.

"Today is obviously a pivotal moment in this story and we are very pleased with the result – but it's critical to acknowledge that it goes on beyond this judgment," they said.

"We will continue to hold people involved in war crimes to account.

"The responsibility for these atrocities does not stop with Ben Roberts-Smith.

"Publishing a story of this magnitude is never easy, but high quality investigative journalism is vital to a thriving democracy.

"Nine's unequivocal backing of this reporting and our defence of it is a clear demonstration of its commitment to quality journalism."

Nine, the publisher of this website, is also the publisher of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

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Residents in uninhabitable flood-damaged homes felt it was unfair to pay rates.

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