 More skilled migrants will boost growth – HIA
The Housing Industry Association pressed for a continuing intake of highly-skilled migrants when it met the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Amanda Vanstone, today.
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New Homes Sales Inch Higher
The sales of new homes across Australia has ended the year on a positive note, inching higher
in the month of December.
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Former ministerial adviser joins HIA
The Housing Industry Association has announced the
appointment of former senior ministerial adviser Chris Lamont as its
Executive Director for Federal Relations.
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Three-point plan to battle red tape
With the Council of Australian Governments meeting soon to consider a new
national reform agenda, the Housing Industry Association has published its three-point
plan to slash the red tape which keeps Australian small businesses awake at night and is
making new homes unaffordable.
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‘Obvious and overdue’ reforms will ease skills crisis
There is a simple and obvious first step for governments wanting to ease
Australia’s skill crisis – implement in full the principles they have endorsed as the basis of
the national training system, the Housing Industry Association says.
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Master Builders Welcomes ALP Skills Account Initiative
The announcement by the Federal Opposition to establish a Skills Account of $800
per year for all new apprenticeships to assist them to pay their fees and other
training expenses was welcomed by Master Builders Australia, the peak body for
the building and construction industry.
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Dwelling Approvals Still Bouncing Around the Bottom
The decline in dwelling approvals in December almost completely offset the improvement recorded in November, according to Master Builders Australia the peak body for the building and construction industry.
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