Approvals process streamlined for renovations in WA

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Building projects that comply with residential codes will no longer require planning approval from local councils under changes announced by the WA Government.

Shire forced to build new houses despite oversupply of properties for sale

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A Kimberley shire says it is going to have to build new houses in the town of Derby, despite a surplus of properties on the market.

Gippsland Master Builders takes zero tolerance to 'ice' use

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Gippsland’s branch of Master Builders is asking its members to take a no-tolerance attitude to the drug ‘ice’ in the workplace.

Water use study highlights empty flats in Melbourne's Docklands

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A report by a land policy lobby group has found more than a quarter of units in Melbourne’s new Docklands developments are likely to be sitting empty.

Investment housing oversupply blamed for Mackay building approvals slump

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Queensland’s key construction body has blamed an oversupply of investment housing for a slump in Mackay’s building industry.

Cairns records rise in unit approvals

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A new report has found the number of units being built in Cairns has risen 30 per cent over the past year.

Investors continue to dominate as housing finance rises

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Property investors continue to dominate home lending growth, while first home buyers remain around record lows.

Canberra builders face fines under crackdown

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Builders who “cut corners,” damage public land and dump material along Canberra streets are told to clean up their act or face a fine.

RBA says Australian dollar needs to fall further

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The Reserve Bank says the recent fall in the Australian dollar against the greenback will do little for the economy.

Promise check: All $100m-plus infrastructure projects to have cost-benefit analysis

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Five days before the 2013 federal election, during an address at the National Press Club, then opposition leader Tony Abbott said no infrastructure projects worth more than $100 million would be funded without a “published cost-benefit analysis”.