Skills Australia is building block for the future - Builders
Australia's peak building and construction industry association, Master Builders Australia on Wednesday welcomed the introduction of legislation to create Skills Australia to assist Government and business in the better targeting of training to address Australia's urgent skill needs.
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Rate hikes,house prices impacting building -Boral says
Boral Ltd chief executive and managing director Rod Pearse says interest rate hikes and appreciating house prices in Australia is resulting in under-building across the country.
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Supply Measures Will Improve Affordability
Housing affordability sunk to yet another record low at the end of 2007 in a telling sign that the acute shortage of housing stock in Australia continued to worsen.
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Weather Halts Building Works - Central Queensland
As heavy rains have poured down on Central Queensland for more than a fortnight, work on existing residential building projects has almost come to a standstill.
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Housing Finance Treads Water
Housing finance approvals for owner occupied housing was flat in December, with the market still to be hit by the latest round of interest rate rises, according to peak building and construction industry organisation Master Builders Australia.
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Skills Australia a Building Block for the Future
Australia’s peak building and construction industry association, Master Builders Australia today welcomed the introduction of legislation to create Skills Australia to assist Government and business in the better targeting of training to address Australia’s urgent skill needs.
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Green Star - the next generation
The Green Building Council of Australia today released a robust, relevant and easier to use version of its Green Star - Office Design and As Built rating tools signifying a timely revision of what is already a world leading green building rating system.
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