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 […]
The West Australian Building mogul Dale Alcock says the industry needs a freeze on red tape and a big inflow of workers to fight the housing crisis. The Federal Government wants 1.2 million properties finished within five years but the boss of Australia’s second biggest home builder has warned growing regulation is adding to construction […]
ABC Polling by a Labor-linked firm shows less than half of voters back the idea of restricting negative gearing, as the federal government gives its strongest indication it will not attempt to reform the policy. A survey of 1,000 people provided to the ABC and conducted by the firm Talbot Mills, which has previously done […]
ABC Federal Housing Minister Clare O’Neil has swung her weight behind a Business Council of Australia push for states to scrap stamp duty and ease the housing crisis by removing barriers to property transactions. “It’s a really good idea,” Ms O’Neil told ABC Radio National on Tuesday. “Stamp duty is a bad tax. It prevents […]
SBS Opposition leader Peter Dutton says he intends to restore the Australian dream of home ownership, promising $5 billion to fast-track building projects if the Coalition wins the next election. Dutton unveiled the Coalition’s Housing Infrastructure Program on Saturday, designed to expedite the construction of up to half a million homes through a mixture of […]
Business News. Chairman of the state’s peak planning body David Caddy will retire from the role by the end of 2024, after five decades of service in the sector. Mr Caddy has been chair of the Western Australian Planning Commission for six years, being appointed in 2018. He will retire from the role at the […]