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What to expect in the 2025 Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... responsibly from here." An adviser poll conducted by Viridian Advisory revealed that the cost-of-living crisis, the current housing shortage, and aged care policies are dominating client concerns in the lead up to the Budget. While 82% of the advisers ...

Australian Unity chief retires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... and investment in hospitals, aged care, retirement living, childcare, student accommodation, and social and disability housing. "He has tangibly extended the reach and influence of Australian Unity as an advocate for real wellbeing in the wider community," ...

Korean pension fund takes $50m stake in Metrics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... NPS has also purchased Lendlease's Melbourne Quarter project in 2021 for $1.2 billion and Scape Australia Student Housing in January 2025 for $700 million. Metrics managing partner Andrew Lockhart said he was pleased to partner with both NPS and ...

Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... decades (OECD average is just 13%). But this high-growth approach faces political pressure, in large part due to rising housing costs," it said. "With both major parties seeking to slow the rate of immigration, policymakers must rethink strategies to ...

Partners Group buys local data centre operator

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
Partners Group, housing over US$150 billion assets under management, is set to acquire an Australian data centre provider, investing up to $1.2 billion to spearhead "next generation" platforms across Australia. The firm has agreed to acquire GreenSquare ...

Deflation continues, albeit slowly

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... of lowered inflation." The largest contributors to the annual movement were food and non-alcoholic beverages (+3.3%), housing (+2.1%), and alcohol and tobacco (+6.4%). The increase in annual food inflation was mainly driven by fruit, with prices 12.3% ...

Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
The housing construction sector is lagging Australia's productivity levels by 49% and is helping fuel the affordable housing crisis, a new report from the Productivity Commission reveals. The Housing construction productivity: Can we fix it? report ...

Foreign investors banned from buying homes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... crack down on foreign land banking. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the move is aimed at easing pressure on the Australian housing market as more homes are built. "These initiatives are a small but important part of our already big and broad housing agenda ...

Most retirees who rent live in poverty: Grattan Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... Assistance, which supplements the Age Pension for poorer retirees who rent, is inadequate. After covering essential non-housing costs, a single age pensioner receiving the full rate of Rent Assistance has only $300 per week left for rent - yet a cheap ...

Rest calls for advice reforms, extending SG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... current work with State and Territory governments to prioritise policy changes to encourage institutional investment in housing supply and outline a more detailed roadmap and provide appropriate resourcing for the next phase of the sustainable finance ...