Industry News

  Construction Contracts at Slower Pace in October
The latest Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association Australian Performance of Construction Index (Australian PCI®) shows the national construction sector contracted at a slower rate in October recording 35.8 – an increase of 4.9 points on the previous month (readings below 50 indicate a contraction in the industry with the distance from 50 indicative of the strength of the decline).

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  More jobs being created, but workforce shrinking: figures
Australia's unemployment rate remained steady in October — but there were fewer people looking for jobs and fewer hours ...

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  Steady as She Goes for House Prices
The latest update for the ABS Index of Established House Prices shows that prices rose modestly in the September 2012 quarter, said the Housing Industry Association (HIA), the voice of Australia’s residential building industry.

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  Boardroom initiative to help women break glass ceiling
Business leaders will be invited to nominate talented women to sit on government boards to help them break through the ...

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  Business still uncertain about carbon tax future: report
Fewer big Australian companies are identifying risks to their business from the carbon tax than was the case last year, ...

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  General business conditions still deteriorating: survey
Businesses are continuing to face extremely difficult conditions, which should give the central bank the impetus to cut ...

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  Unemployment expected to rise as mining boom slows
The unemployment rate is expected to have risen as the mining boom begins to slow and the manufacturing and retail sectors ...

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