Brent Daylight knows hard work. For years, the former roof plumber put in long days under the scorching Western Australian sun but, when he couldn’t find reliable workers, he took a punt on something new.
At 39, he remortgaged his family home and bought a business that installs CCTV cameras on construction sites across Perth, where builders are battling illegal dumping and a growing epidemic of copper and timber thefts.
