Land Slide Signals Further Home Building Weakness Ahead
Residential land sales fell for a sixth consecutive quarter in March 2011, signaling the prospect of weakening levels of residential construction through to at least the December quarter this year.
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Uptick in New Home Lending in May
A lift in new home lending in May is encouraging but much larger and sustained improvements are needed to make real inroads on the nation’s current weak residential building levels, says the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia’s home building industry.
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ACCC to prevent carbon price gouging by businesses
Businesses that use the carbon impost to jack up their prices will face heavy penalties imposed by the national consumer ...
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More transparency needed on free trade: economists
The federal government needs to offer clear rules about how it negotiates free trade deals, a leading group of economists ...
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ACTU throws support behind govt's carbon pricing plan
Trade unions are throwing qualified support behind the federal government's carbon price package, saying workers must be ...
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AUS economists back govt's carbon pricing package
Almost two-thirds of Australia's economists say the government's carbon pricing package is good economic policy.
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Economy's strength is right for carbon price, says PM
Prime Minister Julia Gillard insists it is the right time to price carbon when the economy is strong, and despite jitters ...
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