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Agricultural sector in for a mixed 2024: Outlook

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... Economic headwinds will also remain a challenge in the first half of 2024, the outlook states. "Strong domestic population growth is providing some assistance to the Australian economy. This is being offset by a high-rate environment, cost pressures ...

Returns from agriculture a perfect storm of demographics, demand

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... Australia's grain production. Each year, the world needs to find 45 million tonnes of grain, just to keep up with population growth," he said. Limited global arable land is reaching its peak, according to a recent JLL report, making increasing productivity ...

Australian Unity buys up hospital land

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... investment strategy to deliver critical healthcare infrastructure to meet the needs of rapidly growing communities. "Population growth in the City of Melton is currently outstripping all other areas in Victoria, recording a 6.4% increase from 2021 to ...

HNW population sees biggest decline in decade

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... Pacific HNWIs are catching up to those in North America, with a 4.9% delta between North American and APAC HNWI population growth and a 4.7% difference in financial wealth last year narrowing North America's dominance. Within the APAC region, Australian ...

Dutch pension giants back $1.5bn local BTR deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... as it's rapidly adopted by occupiers and institutional owners. The company also forecasts sustained urban population growth in the country. Further, a significant undersupply of apartment units and strong rental demand presents a compelling opportunity ...

Reserve Bank is done at 3.85%: CBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... still buoyant. Inflation was very evident in the March quarter and continues to be evident," he said. He added population growth is also particularly strong and rental lifts in the housing market as well as borrowing costs continue to contribute to cost ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... estimates that Australia needs 1.66 million additional houses by 2030, just to keep up with the demand from population growth," it said. "Tackling housing affordability starts with making the supply of housing a national priority. Improving affordability ...

Purpose of pause to gather more data: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... case for tightening monetary policy further, it explained. One was the upgrade to near-term projections for population growth which it found could put significant pressure on Australia's existing capital stock. The other was the increased risk of larger ...

Super system shields against macro storm: Fundie

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... system." He explained that super is not the only reason for strong economic growth. "Other contributing factors are population growth, the fact that we've got a lot of what the world wants in terms of soft and hard commodities," Tadgell said. "And ...

Centuria sets up new agriculture fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
... the growing demand for premium agricultural products." "Strong fundamentals that underpin the sector include population growth forecasts, which increase demand for food domestically and internationally, robust free-trade agreements supporting exports ...