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Nurses, cooks, airline and community workers will not lose hundreds of dollars in pay when new workplace awards come in on July 1, under rules issued yesterday …
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has reported that building approvals in Australia increased by 15.3 percent to 16,383 units in March from the 14,208 u…
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Brits who will be buying an Australian property and hoping to maintain their self-employed status have been urged to plan their move carefully.
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The Victorian economy is forging ahead after the global financial crisis, with unemployment said to have reached its peak.
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It took the Reserve Bank weeks of close assessment but the first of the big four banks, the Commonwealth Bank, needed little more than an hour.
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AUSTRALIANS are adopting a "keep them out" attitude towards immigration and population growth. Experts say the attitude is being driven by growing concern over …
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The Reserve Bank has again slugged the nation's borrowers, raising its key interest rate today for the third month running as it moves to keep inflation in chec…
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A third survey of Perth house prices in the past week has proved to be the most bullish of the lot. The Australian Bureau of Statistics house price index releas…
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A call by the Henry review to abolish stamp duty on property sales has been rejected by the Rudd and Brumby governments.
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Drinkers of fine wine will be spared the pain inflicted on cigarette smokers in the Henry review. In fact, they're likely to find Australia's most expensive dro…
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Melbourne house prices rose another 2.1 per cent in March, easily the fastest growth in the nation, as the median price jumped to more than $450,000.
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Prices of Australian property strengthened last month, with values rising 1.4 per cent, according to new data.
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