Opinion piece by UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck published in The West Australian on Wednesday November 20. Anyone who drives to and from work in peak hour has experienced the immense frustrations of dealing with the merge-aphobics, the tailgaters, the stickybeaks and the impressively timed roadworks to coincide with the majority of Perth trying to […]
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THE RECENT REPORT BY THE ECONOMIC REGULATION AUTHORITY INTO MICROECONOMIC REFORM INCLUDED A RECOMMENDATION TO ABOLISH KEYSTART, WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT PROVIDES MORTGAGES TO ELIGIBLE PEOPLE TO PURCHASE NEW OR EXISTING HOMES WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE FINANCE. The argument for the abolition of Keystart is premised on a very narrow […]
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THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Perth councils have been accused of sitting on more than $1 billion that should have been spent on parks, libraries and street lights. At least one metropolitan council has more than $150 million in unspent funds earmarked for public infrastructure, which earned more than $4 million in interest last year. The […]
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