The more things change... the more expensive they become

As with privatising state electricity suppliers, promoted system improvements and advancing delivery technologies don't necessarily mean lowering costs for consumers.

Locally SAI GLOBAL is doing its part to keep the inflationary costs of professional practice rising well ahead of CPI figures.

The new and simplified 2014 Masonry code for small buildings and houses checks in at whopping $580-$308 for the pdf file format of 185 virtual pages.

ACCC referral anybody?

No sir that's not the price to build a small masonry building - that''s just the cost of a pdf attachment file that you download.
...I know, but think of the money we saved not printing and mailing this code out to you.

UPDATE:  The Concrete Institute of Australia has kindly shared a useful link via Linkedin concerning access to standards  online. http://www.concreteinstitute.com.au/Australian-Standards-Online.aspx