Record $16.7 Billion Financial Year For Victoria 's Building Industry
Victoria has recorded healthy and sustainable growth in building activity across the state, with a 7 per cent increase in building activity in 2006/07, Planning Minister Justin Madden announced today

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  HIA Welcomes ALP Rental Affordability Scheme
The Housing Industry Association has welcomed today's announcement by the Federal Labor Party to establish a National Rental Affordability Scheme that will provide an additional 50,000 affordable private rental properties.

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  Higher Rates Tip More Into Mortgage Stress
Higher home mortgage rates have sent the number of households in mortgage stress soaring since the Census was taken in August last year, according to the Housing Industry Association.

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Rate Rise Not the Worst Problem for Affordability
The threat of an additional $50 per month on typical mortgages if the Reserve Bank raises interest rates tomorrow should not distract politicians from the root cause of the housing affordability problem, according to the Residential Development Council.

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State Library Wins Top Queensland Architecture Award
The new State Library of Queensland – a building that “far exceeds its ambition to re-organise, re-present and re-engage with its users, the public of Queensland” – has received the State's top architecture award at the 2007 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Queensland Architecture Awards in Brisbane tonight

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Working Smarter in the Construction Sector
You are invited to attend an international summit on buildingSMART “ Working Smarter in the Construction Sector ” in Brisbane, Australia on Wednesday, 8.30 – 18.00, 14 November 2007.

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5 Star performance for all construction types
On 31 August 2007 , the 5 Star transitional arrangements for new homes with timber sub-floor construction will end.

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