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Australia's unemployment rate has hit an eight-year low, giving the Reserve Bank more breathing room to wait for a bounce in economic growth and hold off on interest rate cuts....

Australia's largest and most expensive housing markets, Melbourne and Sydney, have remained among Asia's healthiest investment destinations despite steep price falls and declines in building approvals and activity over the...

I’ve just completed a suburb-by-suburb analysis on Canberra for the Price Predictor Index and have found that this market is strengthening.  I’ve examined price data since the start of this...

Australian cities are changing. You see that change in our newest outer suburbs and former country towns that now make up our commuter belt, where a third of the nation’s...

Tenants hoping the property downturn would spur rents to drop across Melbourne have so far been left disappointed, with new data showing weekly asking prices for houses have continued to...

Here’s hoping third time’s a charm. After royally screwing up the first two modern resources booms — first the one that saw house prices go berserk (2003 to 2008), then...

An Australian city has outstripped Singapore and Tokyo as the best prospect in the Asia Pacific region for both investment and development. Here’s why: Melbourne has narrowly outstripped Singapore and...

WA’s unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year on the back of a surge in full-time employment. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported this...

Premier Daniel Andrews easily won Saturday's election following a surge to Labor in a swag of seats across the state, including marginal electorates held by the Liberals. Here's a simple...

Negotiations between Australia and Hong Kong on free trade agreement were concluded on Thursday, paving the way for the deal to come into force next year and ensuring Australia will...