Building Approvals Signal Steady Rates
ABS Building Approvals fell further in May 2010, reinforcing the case for steady interest rates and renewed urgency in supply side housing reforms, said the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia’s residential building industry.

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  Rate Hikes Hit New Home Sales says HIA
Higher interest rates are biting with new home sales dropping by more than 6 per cent in May 2010 according to the Housing Industry Association (HIA), the voice of Australia’s residential building industry.

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  HIA Housing Report Card - Recovery to Stall
All indications are that the new home building recovery will stall in 2011 says the Housing Industry Association (HIA), the voice of Australia’s residential building industry.

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  National Asbestos Unit Needed to Raise Community Awareness
Master Builders, the peak body for the building and construction industry, supports calls made by unions today for the establishment of a national asbestos unit to raise community awareness about asbestos and to develop a long-term national strategy to deal with asbestos.

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  Dwelling approvals down - risk to housing recovery
Another fall in dwelling approvals in May, confirms signs that previous rate rises are biting, according to Master Builders Australia, the peak body for the building and construction industry.

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  Breaking through the barriers to urban density
Our cities are in transition. The frameworks of the past are no longer working and we are facing a future of environmental destruction, climate change, pollution, traffic gridlock, declining health, rising obesity and worsening standards of living.

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  Baulderstone cements position as sustainable building leader.
Baulderstone has reinforced its reputation as an industry leader in Environmentally Sustainable Development with a string of building successes.

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