Rate rises, spending cuts and cost blowouts: Councils squeezed by fuel crisis
By Thomas Kelsall
Some South Australian councils may hike rates above inflation this year as they grapple with cost blowouts, spending cuts and project delays caused by the fuel crisis.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/fuel-crisis-leaves-sa-councils-facing-cost-blowouts/106552638
#LocalGovernment #PetrolPrices #InfrastructureConstructionIndustry #HousingConstructionIndustry #Inflation #ThomasKelsall
Children and 75yo among dozens of homeless in major holiday town
By Georgia Loney
A homeless survey conducted in one of WA's best-known holiday hotspots uncovers dozens of people sleeping rough, including a 75-year-old.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-13/survey-reveals-spread-homelessness-margaret-river/106544018
#Homelessness #HousingPolicy #HousingConstructionIndustry #GeorgiaLoney
Secret documents reveal landmark housing project's budget headache
By Jesse Thompson
Internal documents the Victorian government tried to withhold reveal that a landmark social housing construction project was facing a significant budget blowout two years after it was unveiled.
#StateandTerritoryGovernment #HousingConstructionIndustry #JesseThompson
WA caravan park residents evicted after change of ownership
By Rosemary Murphy and Andrew Williams
Reg Hoyling thought his park home in Albany was where he would spend the rest of his life, but a sale of the caravan park meant he was among the tenants evicted.
#HousingPolicy #LocalGovernment #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #Homelessness #HousingConstructionIndustry #RosemaryMurphy #AndrewWilliams
Calls for cheaper homes are 'nonsense' while banking system underpinned by housing
By Gareth Hutchens
AustralianSuper boss says housing prices unlikely to fall much, because major banks can't afford them too
#HousingPolicy #Superannuation #PropertyPrices #HousingConstructionIndustry #EconomicGrowth #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #EconomicOrganisation #GarethHutchens
Construction businesses vulnerable to supply chain shock, experts warn
By Sara Tomevska
Contractors, business owners and economists are warning that thousands of construction industry businesses could go bust as a result of supply chain disruptions caused by the Iran War, unless the government intervenes.
#HousingConstructionIndustry #FederalGovernment #FederalParliament #ArmedConflict #SaraTomevska
Demand is booming for tradies to help rebuild flood-affected communities, but a scheme to allow tradies to work interstate more easily may have little benefit for northern NSW because Queensland is refusing to be involved.
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