Persistent Skilled Trade Shortages Highlight Need for Further Action
The latest Housing Industry Association-Austral Bricks Trades Report highlights a persistent shortage of skilled tradespeople in the residential sector.
Inflation in Check in Mid 2010
The consumer price inflation update for the June 2010 quarter clearly supports interest rates remaining on hold next week, says the Housing Industry Association (HIA), the voice of Australia’s residential building industry.
Green buildings rising high on the political agenda
Green buildings are working their way up the political agenda, with Prime Minister Julia Gillard emphasising their importance twice during the Leaders' Debate on Sunday night.
Green Star - evolving, improving
The GBCA is committed to ensuring Green Star's long term relevance to industry -and this means ensuring the tools are relevant and robust, and that documentation is kept to a minimum.
Green home audit scam - update
The Green Building Council of Australia is aware that some consumers in Victoria and NSW have received phone calls from a person or persons purporting to be from a GBCA call centre. The caller claims that the GBCA was operating a program in conjunction with the federal government to conduct environmental checks on people's homes.
Major housing lobby says skills shortage still continues
A major housing lobby group has called for the skilled migration intake to include a component targeted at the residential sector, following a survey showing the skills shortage is continuing.
New homes set to ease housing stress in mining towns
The Queensland government has promised more than 900 new homes will be built to ease housing stress in three mining towns.
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