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2 August 2024 Master Builders Australia welcomes the lodgement of the Fair Work Commission’s application seeking to place the CFMEU into independent administration. While we are disappointed by the exclusion of the ACT and WA, we commend the strong and positive stance of both Minister Murray Watt and the Federal Government in getting … Continued
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The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts is holding its final round of interstate public hearings next week for its inquiry into the challenges and opportunities within the Australian live music industry. Hearings will be held in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth, with final hearings to be held in Canberra. The Committee … Continued
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Friday, 2 August, 2024 Heart and Stroke Foundations to Lead Global Best Practices for New Hypertension and Lipid Guidelines The Heart Foundation and the Stroke Foundation have joined forces to progress the development of two bespoke sets of guidelines: one for managing and treating hypertension (high blood pressure) and another for managing and treating lipids … Continued
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The update by the Productivity Commission on key closing the gap targets shows a worrying trend. The data says that the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians imprisoned, taking their own life and losing children to out-of-home care have all increased in the first Closing the Gap report since the voice referendum was … Continued
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Twelve students from Charles Darwin University (CDU) have today each been awarded a Commonwealth Teaching Scholarship, in a bid to encourage more people to become teachers. The students are either undergraduate and postgraduate students who are in their first year of their studies and are based in Darwin, in remote locations across the NT or … Continued
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The Committee will hold a public hearing on Friday for an inquiry into the National Redress Scheme to hear from knowmore Legal Service, who provide free legal advice and support to people applying for redress, and survivors about their experience accessing the Scheme. The inquiry is looking into a range of areas, including: The experience of First … Continued
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31 July 2024 Annual housing inflation accelerated to 5.5 per cent over the year to June 2024, well above the average inflation rate of 3.8 per cent. Master Builders Australia chief economist Shane Garrett said this was predominantly driven by rental price growth of 7.1 per cent over the year reflecting a lack of … Continued
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As the Government announces yet another hike in the beer tax the Brewers Association of Australia has called for the tax to be cut for beers poured in the pub. Commenting on the increase announced today, Brewers Association CEO, John Preston, said: “Beer drinkers are set to be slammed by yet another excise … Continued
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30 July 2024 Newly released Australian Bureau of Statistics data has shown another slow month for building approvals, with just 13,237 new dwellings approved in June, a 6.5 per cent decline since May. Concerningly, only 163,000 homes were approved in the 2023/24 financial year, 77,000 homes short of our annual Housing Accord target … Continued
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The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) advises taxpayers with simple affairs are now in a great position to lodge their tax return. With millions of pieces of information now pre-filled, the ATO is giving taxpayers the green light to lodge. ATO Assistant Commissioner Rob Thomson said the ATO has now pre-filled tax returns with information from … Continued
