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Anthony Albanese has promised $10,000 more for apprentices to encourage more people to take up trades.

‘Get on the tools’: Albanese’s $10k sweetener to try to fix the housing crisis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will pledge the funds in a major speech on Friday that will also promise help for households on the cost of living.

  • David Crowe

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Three VBA staff have now been charged.

Dozens more charged over alleged bribes-for-registration scheme

Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged 28 more people, months after The Age revealed three VBA staff had been stood down after IBAC raids.

  • Lachlan Abbott
New dwelling completions are up in WA, but still falling short of the number needed.

‘Pull out all the stops’: WA home completions already behind national housing goals

Fresh data shows WA is already hundreds of homes behind just three months into the 1.2 million homes by 2029 national housing target.

  • Sarah Brookes
Andrew Hensher and his family have installed a pool.

How the great swimming pool boom just made an even bigger splash

Household spending on swimming pool sales and services rose 13 per cent over the year to December, research shows.

  • Elizabeth Redman
Taylor Swift is renovating her house in Rhode Island.

Taylor Swift to spend $2.7 million on ‘Holiday House’ upgrade

Fresh off her historic Eras Tour, the pop megastar is embarking on a major remodelling project on her Rhode Island mansion.

  • Orana Durney-Benson
The shortage of tradies is expected to continue.

Doing a home reno has been gruelling. This year that’s set to change

It will still be a challenge to find tradespeople, and material prices are not about to fall, but there are hopeful signs on the horizon.

  • Jim Malo
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The development at 23 Halifax Street, Macquarie Park.

The Building Commission said this block was ‘at risk of collapse’. No one will tell you how it’s being fixed

A year ago, the developer of these 900 units in northern Sydney was issued with a damning rectification order, but details of the plan to fix it are being hidden from the public. We found out anyway.

  • Anthony Segaert
While the number of approvals was 3.2 per cent higher in November compared to the same time in 2023, it remained at half the level between 2015 and 2019.

Crunch in building approvals sounds warning for Australia’s housing crisis

The prime minister defended his plan to deliver more than a million houses, saying the overall trend in approvals was upward.

  • Millie Muroi
2024 was a strong year for sales in Perth.

The suburbs at the coalface of Perth’s chronic housing shortfall

The housing crisis is intensifying, says a new paper, revealing a swathe of Perth suburbs where available housing is unable to keep pace with growing demand.

  • Sarah Brookes
Homeowners are left in the lurch when rectification orders are defied.

It’s time for the Building Commission to take a harder line on shoddy builders

Far too many Sydneysiders building and buying new homes are being left in the lurch.

  • The Herald's View

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