The Morrison government launched a global program to find exceptional technical talent to boost Australian productivity, while the number of immigrants in Australia fell to 160,000, the lowest in a decade. The Australian newspaper reported that it had granted 160,323 permanent residence visas in the 2018/19 fiscal year. The highest level of the Labour Party…
The study published by Corelogic analyzed the highest and highest rate of increase in house prices across Australia in the 12 months to November 2018. Despite the loss of foreign buyers, oversupply of housing stocks and tighter loan conditions, the real estate market has been weak, and the regional housing market has been strengthened with…
Australia is moving towards more energy efficient homes. But are we doing enough? We believe that Australia can target zero-carbon homes; the tricky part will be how to get there at the lowest possible cost. Australia’s building energy standards are still very low: most developed countries exceed the equivalent of eight stars (the Australian Building…