
Mortgage Duty Removal a Small Step in the Right Direction
The State Government's announcement that it will remove mortgage duty over the next two years is a welcome move according to Housing Industry Association.
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Calls For Action Confirmed By Latest Report
The March 2007 quarter HIA/Commonwealth Bank Housing Affordability Index is at its lowest since the index was established in 1984 and is 10 per cent lower than at the same time in 2006.
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Local Councils Should Pass on Water Buy Out Compensation to Home Owners
Home owners have contributed hundreds of millions of dollars towards the cost of Council-owned water assets. They deserve compensation from the Councils when these assets are taken over by the State, according to Housing Industry Association.
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Master Builders Continues to Push Labor to Keep the Australian Building and Construction Commission
Australia's peak building and construction industry association, Master Builders Australia has written to the ALP's Leader Kevin Rudd to seek an urgent meeting to review the ALP's proposal to abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission.
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A Good Start: Keeping the Australian Building and Construction Commission to 2010
Australia's peak building and construction body, Master Builders Australia, has today welcomed the announcement by Ms Julia Gillard, Deputy Leader and Shadow Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations in the Australian Labor Party that the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) will be retained until 31 January 2010.
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Building and construction commission will stay till 2010
Australia's peak building and construction body, Master Builders Australia, has on Wednesday welcomed the announcement by Julia Gillard, Deputy Leader and Shadow Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations in the Australian Labor Party that the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) will be retained until 31 January 2010
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Construction activity up on back of infrastructure outlay
Construction activity has increased in Australia, buoyed by strong levels of spending on infrastructure in the resource states of Western Australia and Queensland
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