A first look at the 2020 federal budget

New tax measures Income tax relief: The government is expected to retrospect the “Phase 2” tax cuts originally scheduled to begin in July 2022 to July 1, 2020, and the “Phase 3” tax cuts that will begin in 2024 will also Implement in advance. This means that the threshold of the 32.5% tax rate has…

Voting begins in Victoria City Council election

The 2020 municipal council elections in Victoria, covering 4.33 million voters, are in full swing. Ballot packages will be mailed tomorrow. This is the first time that all elections in Victoria will be completed by mail. Commissioner of the Election Commission Warwick Gately encouraged voters to vote as soon as possible. After the voter receives…

More than half of Melbourne subway tunnel project completed

The 11 billion-dollar Melbourne subway tunnel project recently opened the underground passage between Parkville and South Yarral, which marks the completion of 50% of the work of this major project. A total of more than 364,000 cubic meters of gravel soil were excavated by excavators. Another excavator is currently completing the excavation of another tunnel…

Developers increase BTR construction

UBS analysts Tom Bodor and Grant McCasker said that if the Australian government provides support in taxation and planning, the scale of BTR (long-term rental apartment) construction in Australia will increase significantly in the next three years, adding 10,000 long-term rental apartments every year. Two analysts said that five large developers, including Mirvac, are increasing…

May be unblocked on Sunday

Daniel Andrews told reporters yesterday that the average number of COVID-19 cases in Melbourne has fallen in 14 days and restrictions will be relaxed on Sunday. He hinted that the blockade restrictions could be relaxed as early as Sunday because the average daily number of new additions reached the lowest in three months. Melbourne’s 14-day…

Moonee Valley master plan released

A developer and a well-known hotel developed 40 hectares of land in Moonee Valley Racecourse. The construction project supervised by Camillo Builders has now started, and the $2 billion urban renewal project has been approved by an undisclosed major bank’s $73 million debt financing. Private developer Hamton is well-known for specializing in high-end residential and…