THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Two powerful property industry lobby groups are backing State Opposition plans to block the introduction of a foreign buyer tax on residential property. The Urban Development Institute of Australia WA and Property Council of Australia WA have accused the Treasurer of jeopardising the State’s fragile property recovery. At 2.1 per cent, WA, […]
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ABC Radio Perth Houses in Western Australia have long been built around a double-brick frame. But is it time we move to timber frames, like builders in the eastern states? UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck tells Russell Woolf and Nadia Mitsopoulos from ABC Radio Perth Breakfast why timber is now proven to be the cheaper, […]
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Realestate.com.au A peak industry group has demanded the removal of one of the “most economically damaging taxes” by declaring war on stamp duty in Western Australia. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA released its report Stamping Out Stamp Duty today, highlighting for the first time that scrapping it would not only improve economic efficiency, but benefit […]
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