Planning Reform Essential for Canberra
The Property Council of Australia has welcomed the announcement by ACT
Planning Minister, Simon Corbell, that additional funds will be allocated in
this year's Budget to reform the ACT's planning and land administration system
in 2005-2006.
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Architecture
profession unites to wish Seidler well
Harry Seidler is one of Australia's greatest talents and an iconic
architect of unparalleled vision, the Royal Australian Institute of Architects
(RAIA) said today, and the profession unites in wishing him and his family well
during this difficult time.
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Australia Award
for Urban Design nominations open
The Australia Award for Urban Design was created by Prime Minister
Paul Keating's Urban Design Task Force and was first awarded in 1996. The Award
was established to recognise recent urban design projects of high quality in
Australia, and to encourage cities, towns and emerging settlements of all sizes
to strive similarly for improvement. It acknowledges the critical role of good
urban design in the development if our cities and towns.
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Rate Rise Hits Housing
The fall in the March building approvals is a direct result of the 2 March rate
rise and a further rate rise should be off the RBA's agenda, according to Master
Builders Australia, the peak body for the building and construction
industry.
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Builders
urged to hire more apprentices
Australia's looming skills crisis in the construction industry is to be the
focus of a new campaign aimed at encouraging employers to hire more
apprentices.
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Apartments pull approvals down
A sharp drop
in approvals for apartments has meant a weak end
to the first quarter of the year for building approvals.
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Australian building cools as RBA hike looks less likely
Australia's construction sector is heading towards the bottom of its
current slowdown as the Reserve Bank of Australia looks increasingly likely to
leave interest rates on hold.
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