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Set up in 2014 by community organisation Launch Housing, HomeGround is a real estate agency that aims to create more affordable housing by tapping into the large private rental market.
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| UpdatedThere is a widening of inequality between younger Australians whose parents own a home and those who do not, leaving children without wealthy parents with less opportunities over their lifetime, a new report shows.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, consumer-finance, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, human-interest, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia's trade surplus dramatically shrinks by almost two-thirds, just a day after surging exports helped keep the nation out of recession.
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| UpdatedWhile Australia enjoys a near-record run of economic growth without experiencing a recession, some bellwether businesses say the economy is more fragile than it looks.
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| UpdatedAustralia's economy grows a strong 1.1 per cent in the fourth quarter, averting a technical recession, but it is business profits not workers' pay packets where the benefits are being felt.
Topics: economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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| UpdatedA property investor-driven buying spree is continuing to push home prices higher in Australia's two biggest cities, with Sydney recording its fastest annual growth in more than 14 years.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, australia
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Activity in Australia's long-struggling manufacturing sector rebounds to a 15-year high last month, which bodes well for economic growth.
Topics: manufacturing, economic-trends, australia
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US investors are cautious ahead of President Donald Trump's eagerly-anticipated speech to a joint session of congress where it is hoped he will outline his economic policies.
Topics: stockmarket, currency, futures, markets, economic-trends, united-states, australia, united-kingdom, european-union
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| UpdatedAccording to the official measure, we avoided recession. Here are some of the ways it's a bad measure
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West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says the eastern states should follow WA's lead and reserve some of their natural gas for domestic use to curb energy shortages.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, economic-trends, oil-and-gas, regulation, government-and-politics, australia, wa
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| UpdatedA surge in commodity prices and exports, as well as reasonable government and household spending, are almost certain to keep Australia out of recession.
Topics: economic-trends, australia
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Official data show wages going backwards while company profits surge, with mining and construction leading the trend.
Topics: economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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With discount clothes and fast fashion, Australian shoppers have never had it so good. But it's sending local retailers to the wall, with the collapse of half a dozen brands this summer, and predictions of more to come.
Topics: retail, business-economics-and-finance, company-news, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia could "take the heat out of the housing market" and make home prices more affordable by cutting negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions, the head of Australia's Reserve Bank admits.
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Falls among technology stocks offset the impact of a surge in oil prices, resulting in a mixed finish on Wall Street.
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Australian business investment continues to decline, defying a nascent global recovery in corporate expansion plans and threatening the nation's economic growth.
Topics: economic-trends, mining-industry, manufacturing, australia
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| UpdatedSunday workers are not only employees, they're also customers. So what effect do you think stripping thousands of dollars from their pay will have on already fragile consumer spending?
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| UpdatedEven as the Commonwealth Bank last week unveiled another record half-year profit of $5 billion, not everything was rosy — its life insurance arm CommInsure continues to be a headache, and with ASIC campaigning insurers to publicly report claim figures, premiums could rise as a consequence.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, economic-trends, banking, insurance, health, australia
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Australian workers continue to face record low wage rises, with the downturn in the mining sector driving the weak outcomes.
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| UpdatedFears of inflating housing bubbles in Sydney and Melbourne are stopping the Reserve Bank from cutting interest rates to boost the economy, the central bank governor conceded today.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedBHP Billiton swings from loss to profit for the first half of the 2017 financial year thanks to a surge in commodity prices.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, economic-trends, iron-ore, coal, mining-industry, australia
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| UpdatedThe housing affordability debate is increasingly becoming the home of dangerous ideas that would do little to help first home buyers and much to destroy the Australian economy, writes Michael Janda.
Topics: housing-industry, consumer-finance, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia's unemployment rate falls slightly to 5.7 per cent, as a surge in part-time jobs offsets a slump in full-time work.
Topics: economic-trends, unemployment, australia
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Strong economic data and more talk of tax cuts by the US President sent Wall Street higher overnight, despite the increasing likelihood of a March rate rise.
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The Northern Territory will be a small but crucial part of the United States' pivot towards Asia over the coming years, and local businesses are hoping to profit from a growing Defence spend.
Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-aerospace-industries, economic-trends, nt, darwin-0800, katherine-0850