‘A win for everyone’: Retirement now in 1.2m new homes target
Empty homes will be freed up and thousands more units built after the Albanese government issued 11th hour approval to add retirement villages to its 1.2m new homes target from July 1.
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Peter Malinauskas says left and right wing culture warriors are doing Australia a disservice as they put their ideology before the national interest.
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Home prices across the country have hit a new high, amid a new warning on interest rates.
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