Trade Availability Declines Despite Weak Housing Market
The availability of home building trades deteriorated in early 2007 despite the continuation of softer home building conditions.

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  HIA Launches Australia's first GreenSmart Product Guide
Environmental issues have never had a higher profile in the Australian consciousness. The drought and the recent economic warnings of Sir Nicholas Stern, supported by a visit here from the man himself, have highlighted the need for eco-friendly living.

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  HIA Provides the Business Edge
HIA, Australia 's largest building and construction industry association, has developed a workshop to help small businesses hone the ir competitive edge in the housing industry.

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Deferred payments needed to aid cash-strapped apprentices
The Housing Industry Association is calling on Federal, State and Territory Education Ministers to find better ways of helping apprentices to fund the ir training fees.

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Building workers in short supply despite downturn
Building trades workers remain in short supply for new home building in NSW despite the state's residential market being in a downturn for some years.

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ACIF - Australian Construction Industry Forum - Constructing Our Future - Let's Get On With It
The industry is about to embark on a dramatic new approach to benchmarking performance on major projects. Other countries have already begun similar approaches.

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Entries for 2007 HIA Boral GreenSmart awards now open
Environmental awareness is growing at a tremendous pace. It was given a fur the r boost by the recent visit to Australia of Sir Nicholas Stern, author of the now world-famous Stern report on the economic dangers of doing nothing in the face of global warming. More and more Australians are seeing the wisdom of living sustainably

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