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Property
Property developer rescue talks collapse, funds dry up
Scores of construction workers have been laid off after administrators of a major property developer announced rescue funding talks had failed.
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Economy
Little incentive to have kids and no way to move out
How the cost of living and policy has impacted Australians has been laid bare in the latest update of the nation’s longest running and broadest reaching survey.
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Economy
Weather, bond turmoil to pressure economy, OECD warns
Billions of dollars are expected to be added to the Australian government’s debt interest bill as bond yields surge to 15-year highs.
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Economy
HIA: Tassie cash splash adds to home build cost
The housing industry’s peak body says Tasmania’s new home construction costs are blowing out as the state of local governments wrestle with their infrastructure.
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Economy
Why the Government’s intergenerational report misses the mark
The Federal Government’s projections for life in the next 40 years revealed in a report this week, are ambitious as they miss critical factors, says the Property industry peak body.
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Economy
Kochie on government spending: Name, shame and share the pain
Amid rocketing living costs and the prospect of further home loan rate rises, one of Australia’s most trusted business observers calls on authorities to look at their spending to help ease the burden on all of us.
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Practice
It takes a village to build business success
Australian Conveyancer sat down with the sector’s most successful and innovative practitioners and firm owners to get an insight into the values that drive their professional journeys. Jodie Polik, head of Victoria’s JP Conveyancing, shares her story.
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Property
Councils fear data centres ‘coming at us’ on prime land
Local councils have called for state and federal governments to crack down on data centre developments, as potential residential land is snapped up.
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Economy
Labour pains: jobs market too hot for inflation fight
Australia’s labour market is still tight, and the unemployment rate likely needs to go up to ease persistent pressure on inflation, Michele Bullock says.
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Economy
Broad support for buying homes with super, poll shows
Most Australians want to be able to siphon from their superannuation before retirement to purchase homes as the coalition teeters on the issue.
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Economy
Coalition floats idea to super-charge home loans
Using super as collateral in securing a home loan could let workers enjoy the best of retirement and the property market, a senator argues.
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Regulation
NSW e-conveyancing competition report to be tabled
Last year’s state parliamentary inquiry that explored the controversy of competition, pricing, and service continuity in e-conveyancing is expected to table its report this week.
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Economy
‘Bollocks’: forecast for higher living standards panned
Economists have panned Treasury’s heroic productivity assumption, which underpins forecasts of rising living standards and economic growth.
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Economy
A glimpse of what Australia will look like in 2066
Global conflict, a rapidly ageing population, the energy transition and AI will likely define Australia’s next 40 years, Treasury says.
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Economy
Our life expectancy poses health test
Australians can expect to live well into their 80s within four decades, but an aging population will pose increasing challenges for governments.
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Property
Jobs data last piece in puzzle for Reserve Bank board
Unemployment data is not expected to deter the Reserve Bank from hiking interest rates for a fourth time in 2026 when it meets later in September.
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Property
Auction clearance rate declines nationally
Data firm says ‘shortfall was due to fewer new listings coming on to the market and fewer vendors decided to sell by auction’.
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Property
Discretionary tax changes ‘a catastrophe for housing supply’
Major advocacy groups come together in condemnation of government’s proposed tax reforms.
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Property
Best of the best honoured in Perth
REIWA boss says ‘behind every successful sale is the work involved in understanding a client’s circumstances and solving problems’.
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Economy
Positive outlook but still many challenges awaiting
New report says Australians will enjoy much larger wages in 40 years from now but world economic concerns still pose a threat.
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Economy
Pinning our economic hopes on AI fraught with danger
Government says AI will help grow productivity but economists warn it is unlikely to fix housing issues.