Wayne Swan Opens Country’s First Australian Made Concept Store, at Sydney Airport
THE country’s first “Australian Made” concept store opened earlier this week within the walls of Sydney’s International terminal, at the airport.
Treasurer Wayne Swan launched the store, identified by the distictive Australian Made triangle logo with a golden kangaroo, and a green background.
Mr Swan described the logo and concept to reporters as “being at the very core of our future prosperity and success in the global economy”.
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ANOTHER religious based group is disposing a prime located suburban asset, which is likely to be redeveloped as flats.
A SUPERSIZED North Melbourne development site, opposite two small parks and capable of accommodating a landmark skyscraper, has hit the market and is expected to sell for about $8 million.
AUSTRALIANS will pay higher borrowing rates than they need to, and any economic recovery may be slower than it could be, as a result of Rudd government’s recent $A315 billion spending spree.
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ANOTHER prominent development site has been listed for sale in Melbourne’s east.
COMMUTERS stuck at the congested intersection best dubbed a traffic sewer will be able to watch a $25 million redevelopment of a prominent East Melbourne church site.
THE $2 billion redevelopment of Broadway’s former Carlton & United Brewery site, in Sydney, will begin “immediately”.
MELBOURNE-born retail giant JB Hi Fi is staring down progress, in Keilor East.
TWO major corporates have signed major new leases in Sydney, signalling a shift in sentiment to the CBD office market.
LIFE is about to get a little less private in ritzy Monomeath Avenue – the leafy eastern suburb boulevard often touted as Melbourne’s best street.
The Federal Government yesterday released this statement, related to the development of more national public and community housing:
SYDNEY Metro, the government arm which will commandeer the construction of the city’s new metro rail system, has paid $120 million for offices in the city centre.
SYDNEY-based developer Mirvac is building a giant freeway wall which will block Melburnian’s travelling on the Monash Freeway from seeing one of the south-eastern suburb’s most familiar eyesores.
AUSTRALIA’s most populated state will make way for the biggest chunk of public housing, promised by the Federal Government as part of the recent stimulus package.
LIBERAL Party powerbroker Michael Kroger (pictured, right) has finally sold the last piece of the South Yarra estate that was for years the marital home he shared with Ann Peacock.
THE Southern Highlands house with a connection to Mary MacKillop has come onto the market for more than $1.25 million, or some $400,000 more than the price it sold for, 18 months ago.
AT its September 2009 meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia has left the official cash rate unchanged at 3 per cent, for the sixth month in a row.
NURSERY furniture and baby products retailer Babyco has gone into voluntary administration, casting doubt over its 22 national stores, which employs about 70 staff.
THE new owners of a prominent car yard near the busy Kew Junction (pictured, right) have wasted no time speeding through a new high-density proposal.
PERTH-based developer Peet & Co has apparently decided against developing a 28 hectare housing estate in Melbourne’s outer south-east, and is now selling the site.
RECEIVERS KordaMentha have recovered just over $8 million from the sale of a multi-level car park near Melbourne Airport.
DARWIN has been Australia’s best performing capital city this year, in regard to home value growth, according to the latest survey by research group RP Data.
THE Royal Automobile Club of Victoria is some $2 million richer, after selling a 9711 square metre development site in Frankston South (pictured, right).
SOUTH Yarra based developer R.Corporation has acquired another prime-located residential development sites that its rivals might have avoided.
A NEW Melbourne suburb, 19 kilometres south-west of town, has been unveiled.
AN OPPORTUNITY has arisen for prime minister Julia Gillard to double the size of her humble Altona estate – or at least get an idea of how prices in the area are faring.
THE Premium Income Fund has reaped $38 million from the sale of a partially completed hotel and apartment complex south of Sydney.
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