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Sharp fall in approvals for higher density homes

Master Builders Australia says new Australian Bureau of Statistics data for the month of August revealing a 6.1 per cent decline in the total number of new home building approvals is cause for alarm.

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Property

Apartment-killer taxes in QLD lashed by Property Council

Queenslanders have lost out on 33,000 new homes and 10,000s of jobs to investment-killing taxes, according to Property Council executive director Jess Caire – a former conveyancer – who criticised the state government as the peak body released new research.

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Property

All signs point to a continued property slowdown

Australia’s sluggish construction market is facing even more headwinds, industry leaders are warning as new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows the number of building approvals heading in reverse.

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Property

Advice on negative gearing ‘not out of the ordinary’

Ongoing debate over housing policy prompted Treasury advice on negative gearing, according to Jim Chalmers, who spoke out after the Prime Minister denied the government had plans to reform the scheme.

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Property

“Middle way” to solving housing crisis

Modest adjustments to property investors’ tax concessions will save billions in the federal budget and help fund housing supply, independent senator David Pocock claims.

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Property

No vote on negative gearing from PM

Despite reports Treasury was looking at changes to negative gearing, Athony Albanese has hosed down suggestions Labor will take it to the election, amid warnings it could hike up rents.

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Property

What On Earth Is Under Us?

A decade-long investigation by mapping and spatial intelligence experts raises red flags over more than 260,000 sites that could be toxic hotspots …

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Property

What is our contamination legacy?

Most common contaminants found in toxic land and water pollution come from historical industrial, agricultural, and commercial activities.

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Property

Seven potentially deadly pollutants

Two centuries of industrial development has left a legacy of toxic risk for millions of households, mapping and spatial intelligence analysts from Lotsearch have discovered.

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Property

Toxic risk under a microscope

Dozens of examples of the toxic risk faced by Australians illustrate why we all need to take heed of the historic property contamination.

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Property

Contamination risks facing homeowners uncovered

The recent detection of elevated levels of PFAS chemicals in Sydney’s drinking water catchments has again highlighted the contamination risks Australians face as we deal with the legacy of our industrial and chemical past…

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Property

CONTAMINATION: The key legal risks

Gabrielle Guthrie, of Guthrie Legal, tells Australian Conveyancer readers to consider the need for environmental due diligence when handling property sales and purchases due to the risks associated with contamination.

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