West Australian Roger Cook will fire the starter’s gun for the WA election on Sunday, announcing he’ll spend $107 million on a new public transport ferry plan for the Swan River if re-elected in March. Mr Cook says he hopes “Metronet on the Swan” will be the start of a new era for Perth where […]
West Australian A new $400 million fund to fast-track water pipes and power lines for new housing has been welcomed by developer groups as a critical first step to prevent Perth’s housing supply falling further behind. But the Liberal party has called it “too little, too late” and declared the housing crisis is not over. […]
The West Australian Thresholds for Keystart home loans will be lifted to reflect surging Perth property prices and make the market more accessible for first homebuyers. The West Australian can reveal housing — a key battleground ahead of the March 8 election — will be in focus when the Cook Government delivers its pre-Christmas budget […]
WA Today Perth has dominated a national list of best-performing suburbs, taking out all top 10 spots for the strongest growth in house values, with all suburbs delivering growth of 30 per cent or above over the year. CoreLogic’s Best of the Best report for 2024 revealed growth conditions varied significantly across the country, with […]
The West Australian First homebuyers have become a major election battleground, with the WA Nationals vowing to cover settlement fees and accusing the Cook Government of blocking access to assistance grants. The West Australian can reveal the number of first homebuyers accessing full stamp duty relief has halved since 2021-22, with only 4029 people exempt […]
Australian Property Investor The Labor Government’s Help to Buy scheme has officially passed Parliament after months of political brinkmanship, with a build-to-rent bill now subject to a Senate vote. A key plank of the Federal Government’s housing policy has become a reality after The Greens agreed to support Labor’s Help to Buy bill. Monday’s revelation that […]
The Guardian Roger Cook says he spoke to ‘highest level’ of federal government to reiterate his view the environment bills in their current form ‘should not be progressed’ Anthony Albanese has killed off a potential deal with the Greens to pass the government’s “nature positive” legislation after an intervention by the Western Australia premier, Roger […]
The West Australian New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that inflation has failed to drop in the month of October in a sign that prices are yet to come under control. The headline figure of 2.1 per cent is broadly in line with economist forecasts but the more important trimmed mean, which […]
WA Today The price tag for Western Australia’s new container port has jumped by more than $2.5 billion. After two-and-a-half years of planning the Westport business case has been handed to the government revealing a cost of $7.2 billion in today’s dollars compared to the $4.7 billion the project was originally slated to cost in […]