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Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... same period. Chalmers has also committed $120 million from the National Productivity Fund to incentivise states and territories to remove red tape that blocks "the uptake of modern methods of construction" to build homes faster. "The government is continuing ...

February rate cut unlikely after inflation data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... "Annual CPI inflation has risen since last month, in part due to the timing of electricity rebates. In some states and territories, households received two rebate payments in October in lieu of not receiving a payment in July," ABS head of prices statistics ...

Productivity Commission tasked with five new inquiries

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... "This agenda includes our $900 million National Productivity Fund to drive competition reforms through states and territories, the biggest reform to our merger system in almost 50 years, abolishing nearly 500 nuisance tariffs, boosting competition across ...

Top superannuation policy priorities for 2025: SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... copy forms with dual signatures from two witnesses. It also suggested ensuring all ID documents issued by States and Territories are included in the government's digital verification service; though making sure details on death certificates are enough ...

Household wealth rises in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... contributing 1.3 percentage points to quarterly growth. "House prices have continued to rise across most states and territories, despite high interest rates," ABS head of finance statistics Mish Tan said. "This largely reflects ongoing housing supply ...

Inflation eases in July

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... Commonwealth Energy Bill Relief Fund rebates began in Queensland and Western Australia from July 2024 with other States and Territories to follow from August," Merrington said. "In addition, state-specific rebates were introduced in Western Australia ...

CommSec names top state for economic performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... Northern Territory remains in eighth spot. "Across the country, the economic performance of Australia's states and territories is being supported by both strong employment and population growth, at a time of higher-than-desired price inflation," said ...

NEOS names retail, strategic sales leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... foreign exchange markets, with NEOS saying his client acquisition skills would be beneficial as it looks to explore new territories. He also joins as a business development consultant, having most recently worked in business development for EbonFX and ...

Budget 2024: Additional $11.3bn promised for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... transitional housing. Another $1 billion will be invested to get homes built sooner with funding to go towards states and territories to build roads, sewers, energy, water, and community infrastructure needed for new homes and additional social housing. ...

South Australia recognised as 'economic leader'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
South Australia leads in economic performance across all Australian states and territories, according to the CommSec State of the States quarterly report. CommSec said South Australia was "the most consistent performer," securing the top spot in half ...