Expert says 'every housing policy should be judged against a straightforward test: will it increase the number of homes'.
Peak housing body delivers concerns of the nation's residential builders to key opposition figures.
RBA governor says while economic growth is slowing, 'some of these upside risks to inflation appear to be materialising'.
AICNSW boss says 'consumers purchasing houses are disadvantaged because they cannot know with certainty how much tax is due'.
New ABS data has shown there were almost 18,000 less migrants joining Australia's population year-on-year.
Minister says 'this is not the sort of operation that some people have seen on TV happening in other countries'.
The Reserve Bank should "stand ready" to raise interest rates again, as the Middle East war and poor productivity growth make it harder to get inflation down.
The immigration minister has unveiled long-awaited changes to migration policies following a fall in net migration in the year to March.
Australia's economy was in a strong position before poor productivity and war in the Middle East helped push inflation into the red zone, the IMF says.
Australia has broken into the top 10 gender-equal nations for the first time, but is slipping on some measures, a global report has found.
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