Industry News

  Long Road Ahead for New Home Building
The ABS Dwelling Commencements update for the June 2012 quarter confirms that Australia’s new home building sector fell back into recession in 2011/12, said the Housing Industry Association (HIA), the voice of Australia’s residential building industry.

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  Performance of non-mining sector 'disappointing': BIS
One of Australia's leading economic forecasters says it is shocked and disappointed at how poorly Australia's non-mining ...

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  Red tape bill means thousands of regulations removed
Legislation that will see about 12,000 regulations removed for business was passed through parliament on Friday.

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  Construction sector posts biggest drop in employment
The construction sector posted the biggest drop in employment over the past year, a fall of 70,200 or 6.7 per cent.

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  Rapid urbanisation in China good news for miners: RBA
Rapid urbanisation in China is expected to continue to drive the demand for Australian iron ore exports for decades to ...

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  'Swivelling solar home' entered into international contest
International teams have built 19 sun-powered homes in Spain's capital for a contest that shows off futuristic designs — ...

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  Union welcomes govt's action on asbestos management
The AMWU welcomed the federal government's response to the national asbestos review, and its decision to create an Office ...

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