Housing A Headline Issue
The Housing Industry Association has welcomed the new Government's commitment to a national housing policy to assist the more than 1.2 million Australian households in housing stress.

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  Master Builders Will Work With ALP To Tackle Industry Challenges
Australia's peak building and construction association, Master Builders Australia today congratulated the ALP on a resounding victory, and committed it to working with the new Government in addressing the big issues facing the industry over the next ten years.

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  Public Housing: Leading the way in cutting-edge design
Public housing tenants in Footscray and Dandenong will benefit from the work of Victoria's finest architects through a new competition, Housing Minister Richard Wynne announced today.

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RAIA Architectural Offices Survey – September 2007
The 2007 RAIA Architectural Offices Survey reveals a positive outlook for staffing levels in architectural offices and construction industry activity over the next two quarters.

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Eng / construction to reach record $82 billion in 08-09
Engineering and commercial construction activity by the private sector is expected to reach a record high of $82 billion in 2008-09, a new report released on Thursday shows.

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Building market to decline before rising :James Hardie
James Hardie Industries NV has posted a 12 per cent fall in interim earnings and warned of further weakness in the US construction market, as the fall-out from the US sub-prime mortgage crisis continues.

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Industry willing to pay more for sustainable building -rpt
Preliminary survey figures released by Jones Lang LaSalle Industrial show almost half (49%) of industrial occupiers are willing to pay an additional premium on operating costs of up to 10% in order to occupy a sustainable building in the long term.

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