New South Wales Consumers Warned to Check Credentials of Tradespeople

A carpenter is seen working on a house renovation in Brisbane, Australia, June 4, 2020. AAP Image/Dan Peled

New South Wales (NSW) Fair Trading Minister Eleni Petinos has warned consumers to check the credentials of tradespeople before allowing them to start work after a serial fraudster was once again convicted of doing shoddy building work while unlicensed.

Matthew Geoffrey Rixon has been sentenced to 21 months in jail after being convicted of contempt of court for breaching NSW Supreme Court orders which restrained him from doing residential building work in NSW.