Business News Single homes will be able to be built and modified without the approval of councils under fresh measures introduced as part of the state government’s major planning shake-up. Premier Roger Cook and Planning Minister John Carey on Wednesday unveiled tranche two of planning reforms under which decision making for construction of and additions to single homes would […]
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THE NEXT AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS POPULATION DATA IS DUE FOR RELEASE NEXT MONTH BUT WE MAY ALREADY BE SEEING INDICATORS OF A SECOND QUARTER OF GROWTH FOLLOWING THE DRAMATIC PLUNGE IN JUNE LAST YEAR WHEN NET OVERSEAS MIGRATION FELL SIGNIFICANTLY BY TWO-THIRDS AND NET INTERSTATE MIGRATION DIVED INTO THE NEGATIVE. The September net figure […]
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FIRST HOME BUYERS TEND TO BE USED BY MANY AS A BAROMETER FOR THE PROPERTY MARKET; HOW MANY AND HOW MUCH THEY ARE PAYING HAS BEEN THE TOPIC OF MEDIA INTEREST FOR A LONG TIME. ONE OF THE USEFUL SOURCES OF INFORMATION IS TREASURY’S ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST HOME OWNER GRANT (FHOG) WHICH WE HAVE […]
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