Industry News

 Housing Industry Welcomes New Minister
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has welcomed the appointment of the Hon Brendan O’Connor to the position of Minister for Housing and Homelessness, in today’s ministerial reshuffle. Mr O’Connor also takes on the role of Minister for Small Business.

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  Building Approvals Struggle into 2012
Building approvals barely rose in January 2012, continuing the weak run of updates for new home construction, said the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia’s residential building industry.

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  Unemployment expected to rise in February: economists
Economists expect a rise in the unemployment rate when official figures are published next week.

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  'An extraordinary amount of strength' in economy: Swan
Australia is in the midst of an "extraordinary" boom in business investment, led by the mining sector, that shows no sign ...

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  Economic crime, cybercrime on the rise: global survey
One in two Australian organisations have fallen victim to economic crime, with a global survey showing fraud and cybercrime ...

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  Manufacturing activity expands for third month: survey
Australian manufacturing activity in February expanded for a third consecutive month, a private survey shows.

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  Big business told to better explain executive pay packets
Australia's biggest companies are again being told that their explanation of what their executives are being paid and why ...

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