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Tax & Legal • 29 FEB 2024

Melbourne home builder slapped with $20k fine following payroll failures

The penalty comes after the residential building company failed to pay an apprentice bricklayer what he was owed.

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Tax & Legal • 28 FEB 2024

Stayz gets on board the WA reform train

The short-stay rental platform has expressed support for the Western Australian government’s upcoming reforms.

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Investor Strategy • 27 FEB 2024

FAST 50 2025 is here: Revealing Australia’s top suburbs for property investment

It’s finally here! Momentum Media and leading property investment brand Smart Property Investment are proud to unveil the second edition of the FAST 50 report.

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Investor Strategy • 27 FEB 2024

Rising costs come for another Australian dream: renovating

Markets across the country have separated into two very different speeds as Aussies become trigger shy on buying unrenovated properties.

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Investor Strategy • 27 FEB 2024

Australia could fall short of 1.2m new build target

Reforms are required if the government wants to reach its housing target of 1.2 million new homes over the next five years, according to a senior economist.

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Hotspots • 27 FEB 2024

Is the regional boom here to stay?

The pandemic-era tree change might be done and dusted, but Australia’s regions are still outperforming the nation’s capital cities.

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Investor Strategy • 26 FEB 2024

NSW identifies the LGAs most at risk of natural disaster

The NSW government has revealed the areas where properties are most at risk of increasing natural disaster-related damage.

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Investor Strategy • 26 FEB 2024

Why apartment owners on an iconic beach unanimously decided to sell

The sales campaign of a beachside block of units in Western Australia’s Cottesloe has become an example of what can happen when the stars – or more precisely, the...

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Investor Strategy • 26 FEB 2024

Will Australia’s supply target survive the election cycle?

To break the cycle of housing plans ending with a new election, the federal government must “offer the states a carrot no premier from any party can ignore”.

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Tax & Legal • 23 FEB 2024

Prime Minister addresses Greens’ pressure on negative gearing

The future of Labor’s shared equity home buying scheme is in doubt as the legislation could be held up by the Greens.