Lack of Rental Investment Keeping Rents High
Rents continue to show no signs of easing in most capital cities of Australia. The ABS’ Consumer Price Index revealed that over the first three months of 2009 rents grew by 1.7 per cent to be 8.1 per cent higher than 12 months ago , said the Housing Industry Association, Australia’s largest building industry association.

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  More Required to Maintain a Skilled Workforce
The latest HIA-Austral Bricks Trades Report indicates that despite the drop in building activity skill shortages for many trades remain across Australia.

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  Non-residential building sector to pick-up in '10/'11 -rpt
Non-residential building falling faster than early 1990s bust, but this downturn will only last half as long

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  New report: green building can lead Australia's economic recovery
A new research report confirms that green building can lead Australia's largest employment sector towards recovery, says the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).

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  Growing our green collar workforce
Just last week, a new research report from Davis Langdon estimated that refurbishing a significant quantity of office stock across Australia would create jobs for more than 10,000 people in the construction industry.

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  Architects call for end to RAH 'tit for tat'
Following this week's spate of comments by parties on both sides of politics, the Australian Institute of Architects is calling for a halt to the ‘tit for tat’ on competing designs for the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

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  Englobo Land Tax Concessions
The Housing Industry Association, Australia 's largest building industry association, welcomed the proposed land tax concession announced by the Western Australian Treasurer Troy Buswell this week. The consession is a welcome and necessary step that will help create jobs and reduce tax on new house and land packages.

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