South Australia axes downsizer stamp duty
After a tumultuous election in South Australia, which saw the Labor government gaining seven seats (the highest in history), One Nation gaining four and Liberals losing a whopping 11 seats, the government has flagged one of its first policies will be axing stamp duty for downsizers.
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Queensland taxpayers were last week treated to new glossy images portraying how $3.5 billion of their money (more realistically double or triple that) will be spent on refashioning one of Brisbane’s most significant inner-city parklands (there aren’t many) into a concrete and turf mecca for professional sports clubs.
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South Australia axes downsizer stamp duty
After a tumultuous election in South Australia, which saw the Labor government gaining seven seats (the highest in history), One Nation gaining four and Liberals losing a whopping 11 seats, the government has flagged one of its first policies will be axing stamp duty for downsizers.
The abolition will apply ...
As Max Chandler-Mather takes over at the Green Institute and Adam Bandt steps in at the Australian Conservation Foundation is this when the environment movement can finally get properly organised?
Even The Australian called former Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather a “wunderkind” as he announced on Wednesday that, after being dumped by the electorate of ...
UK based engineers’ association CIBSE is known for its high standards and strong reputation, so taking the helm of this outfit was quite the challenge, you’d think.
Yet for Ruth Carter, who took over as chief executive officer five years ago, after a varied career that included an executive role with London’s Telegraph newspaper, there are all the ...
Curtin University’s Professor of Sustainability, Peter Newman, hit the airwaves on Wednesday night with his six-point plan for Australia to become independent of oil.
On the war
He told ABC Sydney’s evening radio program that while Australia was trying to get more oil, it was “not wrong”, but it was “not enough” either.
Sign up for our free ...
BOOKS: Nearly 10 builders are collapsing every single day; the fuel crisis didn’t cause this, it just made it impossible to hide, says Kurt Hegetschweiler, founder of Builders Coach and author of Million Dollar Builder 2.0. The book is available FREE to the first three new members to join TFE – from $10 a month. Following is an excerpt.
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One of the key questions shaping Australia’s housing debate today is: how do we make housing more affordable?
Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief.
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It is an urgent question, but it is also an incomplete one. When housing is ...
Below is an extract from Adapt! Designing New Lives for Old Buildings by Hannah Lewi and Cameron Logan. Thanks to Uro Publications we have 5 copies to give away to new members of The Fifth Estate. Sign up here.
According to one estimate, there were 13 per cent fewer designated office workplaces in 2023 than in 2019 and 800 billion dollars of ...
$6.15 billion investment for net zero, resilience and materials as war rages
The Australian government on Thursday said it would bring forward the $5 billion funding for the Net Zero Fund, $1 billion for the Economic Resilience Program and $150 million through the Forestry Growth Fund.
This would form part of it $6.15 billion package to “keep ...
In terms of excitement and passion, the Big Debate on Tuesday night had to be one of the most important events we’ve ever held.
In terms of timing, too.
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Just over four weeks ago, before the US unleashed Epic Stupidity upon the world, you could say this was almost a regular topic.
How could our ...
Fitouts are a hot topic again, and Dexus is on the case, introducing its innovation “forever fitout” model at its premium 1 Bligh Street, Sydney.
First to take up the offer of a fitout that can be quickly used and reused through multiple tenancies is the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, saying this will minimise the embodied carbon and construction ...
The term “net positive” is increasingly used in corporate sustainability and championed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
But what if net positive business, as currently framed, cannot reliably deliver the outcomes it promises?
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Spinifex is an opinion column. If ...
Queensland taxpayers were last week treated to new glossy images portraying how $3.5 billion of their money (more realistically double or triple that) will be spent on refashioning one of Brisbane’s most significant inner-city parklands (there aren’t many) into a concrete and turf mecca for professional sports clubs.
We were led to believe this was ...
