Category: Housing

By Adam Coleman Public servants from around the country are among those recognised in the Australia Day honours list 2009, announced yesterday. The highest public sector honour went to former…

By Adam Coleman Leading economic forecaster, Access Economics released its Business Outlook for December 2008 today which warns Australia will fall into recession this year. The forecaster suggests NSW is…

By Adam Coleman New research in the UK has suggested that the financial crisis is placing pressure on local government’s ability to deliver services. Economic uncertainty and a rise in…

By Staff Writer The Federal Minister for Housing Tanya Plibersek has announced that South Australia has become one of the first states to sign an agreement with the Commonwealth for…

By Adam Coleman NSW local government representatives have met with Treasury officials to present their case that development contributions should not be reduced following a NSW Government-initiated review. The NSW…

By Staff Writer   The release of the NSW Housing Code, which outlines how residential developments can be approved within ten days, has been met with approval from developers and skepticism from local government….

By Ju Yeon Jung The latest Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting has provided scant details on climate change policy, while hinting some agreements had been made on a national…

By Adam Coleman Former Victorian Liberal Party leader Robert Doyle has defeated 11 other mayoral candidates to become the City of Melbourne’s next lord mayor. Mr Doyle was declared the…

By Adam Coleman Government leaders at the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Canberra pressed forward with reforms to help weather the impact of the global financial crisis. Attending…

By Adam Coleman A developer’s lobby group has criticised the NSW Government’s mini-budget for failing the construction industry and called for the immediate waiving of state infrastructure levies and the…