Industry News

  New Home Lending Rises in June
ABS Housing Finance figures released today show that new home lending rose convincingly in June 2012, said the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia’s residential building industry.

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  NBN progress on track and best option for Aust: Quigley
The head of the National Broadband Network (NBN Co) insists the project is on track and is the best option for providing ...

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  Govt announces 4 new members for clean energy corp
The Gillard government has announced four new board members to help run the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation ...

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  Business wants corporate tax cut – but not at any cost
Business groups welcome new prospects for a corporate tax cut after this year's false promise — but they fear it could ...

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  Industrial relations laws 'geared against small business'
Australia's workplace laws are hurting small businesses who are finding it hard to comply, a small business group says.

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  Future skills training for building industry a 'virtual reality'
An Australian-first simulation facility in South Melbourne will be able to train up to 7,000 building and construction ...

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  Australian web sellers ignore global potential of internet
The internet may be global — but for Australian web-based merchants it's more a case of think local, act local.

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