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Regulation
Conveyancers urged to get on the front foot
AUSTRAC begins AML/CTF crackdown but AIC boss asks to ‘keep the approach practical and reasonable’.
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Economy
It’s time to stand accountable over stamp duty
Real estate body says ‘NSW Government has ducked and weaved Supreme Court scrutiny of its stamp duty collections’.
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Property
High-priced homes across the nation losing their value
Data expert says ‘upper-quartile houses in Sydney and Melbourne are now more than 10 per cent below their cyclical peaks’.
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Economy
With interest rates, ‘have we done enough?’
Deputy governor says cost pressures and inflation are RBA’s responsibility and ‘we have to put that right’.
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Regulation
Settlement scams getting harder and harder to detect
Conveyancer says ‘the traditional warning signs people associated with scams are no longer always present’.
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Economy
Reserve Bank’s grim rates warning as oil prices spike
Assistant governor says she is ‘pretty clear that inflation is the top priority right now’.
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Property
Value of the nation’s homes on the decline
ABS expert says housing worth has fallen but is ‘consistent with recent softening in housing market conditions’.
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Economy
One Nation steadfast in defence of its super plan
Barnaby Joyce denies scheme to give people early access to their superannuation earnings is inflationary.
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Economy
Economists warn One Nation scheme will be ‘disastrous’
Treasurer says super policy shows why ‘One Nation poses an unacceptable and dangerous risk to Australian workers’.
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Property
Bathla had ‘strange corporate structure and a lot of debt’
Embattled building group sacks more than half its staff as premier says no to any potential bail out.
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Property
‘Lasting solution to affordability is abundance’
Peak body says ‘Australia must make it faster, easier and more viable to build the homes people can afford’.
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Property
Warm start to spring auctions but it’s about to heat up
Slow opening to sales but data firm says ‘auction activity is set to ramp up over the coming weeks’.
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Economy
Plenty of economic data to help shape mood
Senior economist says ‘challenge is how people will behave around cost pressures for households and business’.
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Economy
Can you afford ‘champagne lifestyle’ in retirement?
New superannuation report says ‘Australians have high expectations for a glorious retirement’.
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Property
Unique reason why Sydney prices have slumped the most
Economist says ‘decade of accumulated growth left Sydney the most leveraged market in the country’.
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Property
Value of housing worst it has been for over 30 years
New report says ‘it now takes 1.9 average incomes to service a mortgage on a median priced dwelling in Australia’s capitals’.
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Economy
Politicians no longer doing right thing for communities
Keep owning social services but new report shows public disquiet over the work governments do for constituents.
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Economy
Trusts offered tax exemption to avoid restructure costs
Treasurer says ‘tax reform package includes measures that lower taxes on business to support investment and growth’.
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Property
Lack of supply is doing the damage in home market
Big banks agree governments across all levels need to work together for greater investment to build more houses.
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Economy
No quick fix for the problems of productivity
Treasurer says ‘right around the world, countries have got a productivity challenge a bit like ours’.
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Property
Not seeing eye-to-eye on how to fix housing malaise
Political parties offer differing policy initiatives ahead of the Victorian state election in November.