Home Starts Well Short Of The Mark
Despite a strong labour market, solid population growth, and a growing economy, Australia is continuing to build too few homes.

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  Plan to Cut Greenhouse Emissions
The Housing Industry Association is proposing a new approach to the problem of domestic greenhouse gas emissions, which if implemented, would see greenhouse savings equivalent to taking 11.1 million cars off Australia's roads. n.

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  Rebates Good for the Environment
The Housing Industry Association believes the best way to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental gains from housing is through rebates to existing home owners.

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Productivity Counts in Workplace Relations Reform
Australia's peak building and construction body, Master Builders Australia, today reinforced its call for the retention of the building industry specific workplace reforms as a cornerstone policy to lift the industry's productivity now and into the future.

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Pick Up in Dwelling Commencements
The rise in dwelling commencements in the March quarter is a sign that the trough in the industry may be behind it as the impact of last year's interest rate hikes begins to fade, according to Master Builders Australia, the peak building and construction industry association.

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Master Builders Call for ALP Policy Change
Australia's peak building and construction industry organisation, Master Builders Australia has called on the Australian Labor Party to dump its plans to abolish the Australian Building and Construction Commission on the basis that simply expelling union officers will not create industrial harmony.

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New Vic building industry research report now available
The latest Victorian building industry Research, Development and Education Report is now available.

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