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Real estate investors head west for cheap homes

Real estate investors head west for cheap homes

Skyrocketing rents and modest home prices are luring eastern state investors to Western Australia, where they're outbidding locals buyers to snap up properties.

Dodgy dam to be rebuilt after repair hopes hit the wall

Dodgy dam to be rebuilt after repair hopes hit the wall

Dodgy dam to be rebuilt after repair hopes hit the wall

Dodgy dam to be rebuilt after repair hopes hit the wall

A $1.2 billion dam in Queensland is set to be rebuilt after experts said an existing wall had too many issues and could not be repaired.

Flight to NSW regions drives rural land tax hike

Flight to NSW regions drives rural land tax hike

Flight to NSW regions drives rural land tax hike

Flight to NSW regions drives rural land tax hike

Land values have decreased across NSW by almost $50 billion, but regional areas inland have bucked the statewide trend.

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Loans to help struggling builders complete homes

Loans to help struggling builders complete homes

The WA government will provide loans to help struggling builders complete unfinished homes that have been under construction for more than two years.

House prices to fall by 3-5pct after flat end to 2023

House prices to fall by 3-5pct after flat end to 2023

The Australian housing market ended 2023 on a flat note, despite respectable gains across the year, and are likely to fall going into 2024, experts say.

John Setka's ex threatened to kill him, court finds

John Setka's ex threatened to kill him, court finds

Emma Walters has been spared a conviction after a magistrate found she threatened to kill her estranged husband, union boss John Setka.

'Deplorable' scammer duped prospective renters

'Deplorable' scammer duped prospective renters

Police are appealing for help to find a man they allege falsely advertised short-stay accommodation for lease before taking money from prospective renters.

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WA hit by east coast infrastructure 'mismanagement'

WA hit by east coast infrastructure 'mismanagement'

WA hit by east coast infrastructure 'mismanagement'

WA hit by east coast infrastructure 'mismanagement'

Federal funding has been cut for several transport infrastructure projects in WA, with Premier Roger Cook blaming east coast mismanagement or cost overruns.

'Not happy': states to pay more for infrastructure

'Not happy': states to pay more for infrastructure

'Not happy': states to pay more for infrastructure

'Not happy': states to pay more for infrastructure

States will be required to go 50-50 with the federal government on infrastructure projects, angering premiers who believe the changes are unfair.

Bunnings to ditch silicosis-causing engineered stone

Bunnings to ditch silicosis-causing engineered stone

Bunnings to ditch silicosis-causing engineered stone

Bunnings to ditch silicosis-causing engineered stone

Hardware chain Bunnings will stop selling engineered stone from the end of the year as a campaign continues to ban the material.

State stonewalls silica ban as national talks drag on

State stonewalls silica ban as national talks drag on

State stonewalls silica ban as national talks drag on

State stonewalls silica ban as national talks drag on

Pressure is mounting for a national ban on the use of engineered stone as one state sets a deadline on talks and threatens to go it alone.

Investors demand details in sector plans for transition

Investors demand details in sector plans for transition

Investors demand details in sector plans for transition

Investors demand details in sector plans for transition

Australia needs investment-grade climate policy to guide the nation's top industries through a critical phase of decarbonisation, investors say.

Building regulator needs to move on its room to improve

Building regulator needs to move on its room to improve

Building regulator needs to move on its room to improve

Building regulator needs to move on its room to improve

Victoria's building watchdog has a long way to go in improving its performance and has not been transparent about meeting certain targets, a report says.

Property data allowing distressed owners to be targeted

Property data allowing distressed owners to be targeted

Property data allowing distressed owners to be targeted

Property data allowing distressed owners to be targeted

Personal information provided through a NSW government agency is being misused to encourage people to sell for low prices, state MPs have heard.

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Labor 'gooses' for failing to ban deadly silica stone

The Minns government has faced the largest protest in its existence after angry construction workers demanded engineered stone be banned.

Aboriginal remains unearthed by builders to be reburied

A native title body will rebury ancestral remains found at an Adelaide construction site despite community members condemning "destruction" of their culture.

Call to build homes to defy climate, save $4b a year

As floods, cyclones and bushfires become more ferocious, costs to home-owners could double by 2050 without changes to the construction code, an analysis shows.

Sydney councils on notice over floodplain approvals

The NSW premier has promised changes are underway to ensure building proposals in flood-prone areas are not approved.

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WA slashing red tape in bid to boost housing supply

The WA government will slash red tape to boost the supply of homes across the state, with local government decision making simplified for standalone dwellings.

Fugitive Jean Nassif gives up fight for builder licence

Fugitive Jean Nassif has withdrawn his bid to work as an Australian construction industry boss months after police accused him of a $150 million fraud.

Steel, construction gears up for tracking carbon load

An Aussie tech start-up has struck a deal with a steelmaking giant for a carbon-tracking pilot that could help to shrink the impact of the construction sector.

More than 10,000 take up regional first home scheme

More than 10,000 home buyers have taken advantage of a federal scheme to buy their first property in regional areas in the first year of the program.

More house flippers take hit, owners staying put longer

The number of Australian home owners selling their properties after only two years has risen, along with the portion of them failing to profit on the resale.

Towers to be torn down for first housing 'accelerator'

Victoria will spend its share of federal housing funding building 769 new homes, including more than 230 in a redevelopment of two dilapidated Melbourne towers.

Tas stadium site only supports 'lightweight structures'

The proposed site for the Tasmanian government's multi-million dollar stadium is in doubt after a report found it can only support lightweight structures.

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