Veteran Diggers that served in Iraq and Afghanistan have fallen victim to the lure of promised returns from National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) residential housing projects promoted by a spruiker working on commissions with the National Australia Bank and property developers. As many as two hundred Aussie veterans lost up to
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Treasurer sparks free market concerns over Domain Central $6 million revamp
The Queensland Treasurer announced in an official press release that works on a revamp of over 1100m2 of the Domain Central shopping centre car park at Garbutt will create 110 jobs for the City as two new buildings are constructed. Treasurer Curtis Pitt is being accused of deliberately misrepresenting his directions to
Who’s responsible? Housing policy mismatched to our $6 trillion asset
Does the Australian government have the policy, organisational and conceptual capacity to handle the country’s A$6 trillion housing stock? We ask this question in a newly released research report. The answer is critically important to both household opportunity and prosperity, and to the management of our largest national asset. Australians’ wealth
Turnbull federal budget could wipe out Townsville property owners
The Turnbull-Morrison federal budget could wipe out many property owners who are hanging on to their investment properties in the Townsville district by the skin of their teeth, enduring sustained cash flow and equity declines over the past 5 years. Not to mention the property owners (investors and owner-occupiers) whose fate
Townsville governance organisation structures damaging to investment pipeline
Townsville Enterprise acting vicariously for the Townsville City Council is boasting about the significant economic stimulation that the Adani project, rail and port upgrades, military deal with Singapore, solar energy projects, stadium project and the "Smart City Deal" are going to inject into the local economy. Although a noticeable inflow of