Property owners facing 'big sting' as bills increase, amid building industry concerns

Posted June 28, 2019 13:05:49 Photo: Nine South Australian councils have already revised their rate increases. (ABC News: Eugene Boisvert) Increased taxes on properties are making South Australia even less attractive to investors according to the Property Council of Australia, amid the collapse of several home building companies in the past year. Key points: The

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Regional Queensland is at a crossroads, but is it too late to turn things around?

Posted June 28, 2019 14:08:34 Photo: The Fair Go For Regional Queensland rally was held in Brisbane recently and was supported by industry leaders, regional businesses and both sides of politics. (Supplied Rockhampton Regional Council) Related Story: Meet the Queenslanders changing the energy mix Related Story: How government inaction fuelled the renewables boom Are large

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Have you been paying too much at the bowser?

Posted June 28, 2019 06:53:22 Photo: Businesses are obliged to maintain the accuracy of trade measurement devices. (ABC News) Related Story: Motorists being ‘conditioned’ to accept higher petrol prices Related Story: Government accused of doing ‘bugger all’ to shore up Australia’s fuel security Motorists might be familiar with the following scenario: you pull into a

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Brett Mace said the construction industry will come to a halt over the lack of surveyor insurance

Email Posted June 25, 2019 17:48:17 The chief executive of the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors Brett Mace said if building surveyors are unable to get insurance because of the cladding crisis the construction industry will come to a halt. Source: ABC News | Duration: 46sec Topics: industry, building-and-construction, urban-development-and-planning, melbourne-3000 Source link

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