#Australia #Population #HeiseSays Australia’s population will continue to grow to 30 million people by 2030. References
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#Housing #Affordability #Australia Government guarantees have the potential to drive up housing. References guarantees likely to push up house prices, economists warn https://www.domain.com.au/news/first-home-buyer-deposit-guarantees-likely-to-push-up-house-prices-economists-warn-836969/
#Australia #Influence #Politics Foreign Influence on Australian Companies is going to be recorded. References https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-25/australian-companies-asked-go-on-foreign-transparency-register/11545184?section=business
#Economy #Recession #Construction The NSW construction industry is collapsing with the largest number of bankruptcies since 2015. References Stamp duty crash wipes $2.5b from NSW Budget Construction companies in NSW collapsing at record rate as building slowdown biteshttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-26/nsw-construction-companies-liquidated-in-record-numbers/11512002?section=business Housing fall blows $5.2bn hole in Victorian budgethttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/housing-fall-blows-52bn-hole-in-victorian-budget/news-story/b3f8bedafa7ad255572e1c3f859a9751
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Social Procurement
#SocialProcurement #VicRoads #Tax Vic Roads has implemented a social procurement methodology in their tendering process. How can this be reconciled with merit-based outcomes? References Social procurementhttps://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/about-vicroads/corporate-responsibility/social-procurement?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=myvr-enewsletter
#FlammableCladding #NSW #Cladding By refusing to release any information about buildings with a flammable cladding risk, is the NSW government putting landlords before lives? References
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AFR Attacks Cash Ban Critics
#CashBan #Australia #Recession The Australian Financial Review has published another article about the government’s proposed cash ban, attacking all the critics as conspiracy theories by using their own conspiracy theories. References Cash ban brings out the conspiracy theorists https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/cash-ban-brings-out-the-conspiracy-theorists-20190909-p52plk Essay: Death of a Conspiracy Theorist What Was the Glass-Steagall Act? https://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/071603.asp
#Economy #Recession #Consumption Consumers are being blamed for worsening economic conditions. But can people be blamed because while our costs of living have increased wage growth has been virtually non-existent? https://youtu.be/cjZK4gd9pSM References How a consumer go-slow and a pile of debt is killing the economy https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-08/economy-grinds-down-as-consumers-keep-their-wallets-shut/11487524?section=business
#Darwin #Apartment #Allure References Darwin apartment block came ‘close to catastrophic collapse’ during construction, court documents say https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-06/apartment-block-close-catastrophic-collapse-construction-lawsuit/11483184?section=business
#JCU #FreeSpeech #PeterRidd In a win for free speech, James Cook University has been ordered to pay Dr Peter Ridd over $1.2 million for unfair dismissal. Fantastic news! References James Cook University ordered to pay $1.2m compensation to wrongly sacked professor https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-06/jcu-ordered-to-pay-1.2m-compensation-peter-ridd/11487086 James Cook University staff avoid using emails after climate change sceptic sacked https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-14/james-cook-uni-search-emails-before-sacking-academic-peter-ridd/9869890