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Jobs boost in Melbourne

02 October 2015 In: Jobs, Melbourne, Victoria, General

The number of jobs created in and around Melbourne in Australia will continue to rise as the city grows and new developments are approved. Construction, admin, management and service industry jobs are being created as a result of major new commercial and residential developments in Melbourne’s inner city district. And regional suburbs are also growing fast with major housing and infrastructure projects ongoing. Darrell Todd of thinkingaustralia says: “Melbourne is a fast-growing city and there…

Melbourne housing slowdown

01 October 2015 In: Property, Melbourne, General

The housing market in Melbourne, Australia, is showing signs of slowdown with a fall in the number of properties sold at auction. Across the city, auction clearance rates have fallen over each of the past four weekends. With over 11,000 properties listed for sale last weekend the clearance rate in Melbourne was 73% – lower than the previous weekend and, after 12 months of rising prices, the same as this time last year. With a…

Visitors spend $3.7bn in Melbourne

30 September 2015 In: Melbourne, Victoria, Economy, General

There’s been a 10% rise in the number of visitors to Melbourne, Australia where tourism now generates almost $4bn each year. Confirming Melbourne’s status as one of the world’s top cities, visitors spent $3.7 billion during their stay over the past 12 months, with a big increase in the number of tourists visiting the state than in 2014. Recently awarded the title of the world’s most liveable city for the fifth consecutive year, Melbourne is…

Growth of high-rise in Victoria

28 September 2015 In: Property, Melbourne, Victoria, General

The high-rise boom sweeping Australia has hit Victoria where construction of high-rise homes has reached record levels. Over the coming 12 months, for the first time in its history, Victoria is set to build more multi-unit dwellings than detached houses. The landmark is in keeping with trends toward urban living that predict Melbourne will become Australia’s largest city by 2050. Melbourne is home to more than half of Victoria’s total population. The city’s population was…

6m for Melbourne by 2031

27 September 2015 In: Migration, Melbourne, Victoria, General

The population of Melbourne in Australia will reach six million people by 2031, a rise of almost two million compared to today’s population. Across the state of Victoria as a whole, the population is forecast to increase from its current 5.9 million to 7.1 million in 2031. And latest official figures show the level of residential housing and community facilities that will have to be created in order to address the needs of the growing…

Iron Maiden to tour Australia

27 September 2015 In: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, New Zealand, Entertainment, General

Rock group Iron Maiden will tour Australia and New Zealand in 2016 as part of their ‘Book of Souls’ world tour. The British heavy metal band will play two shows in New Zealand – April 29 in Christchurch at the Horncastle Arena and the Vector Arena in Auckland on May 1 – before heading for the mainland for concerts in Australia. The band and its’ road crew will arrive down under on ‘Ed Force One’,…

Simply Red to tour Australia

26 September 2015 In: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, New Zealand, Entertainment, General

Simply Red will play a series of concerts in Australia and New Zealand in February 2016. The British band, led by flame-haired singer Mick Hucknall, shot to fame in the late 1980’s with a string of worldwide hits such as ‘Money’s Too Tight To Mention’ and ‘Holding Back the Years’. Hucknall quit the music business in the mid-1990s to raise a family after gaining a reputation as ‘pop’s most eligible bachelor’. Now, 30 years since…

Australia air flights up and down

26 September 2015 In: Travel, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Queensland, General

There has been a rise in international flights to Australia but a fall in the number of people using domestic flights. Domestic air traffic in Australia has fallen by 1% over the past year while an increase in the number of international visitors using Australian airports has increased. In 2014, almost 60 million passengers were carried on Australian domestic routes, a fall of 0.9% compared to 2013 but the number of flights (689,162) fell by…

Victoria is top state in Australia

26 September 2015 In: Migration, Melbourne, Victoria, General

Victoria is the number one destination for migrants and inter-state re-locations in Australia. The population of Victoria has grown by 1.7% in the past year, making it the fastest-growing state in Australia with an extra 97,500 citizens. New South Wales and Western Australia, in second and third place, have seen growth rates of 1.4% (the national average) and is the slowest rate for ten years. The slowdown in Australia’s population growth is the result, in…

$50bn boost for Australia cities

23 September 2015 In: Jobs, Migration, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Darwin, Adelaide, Brisbane, Economy, General

Major cities across Australia such as Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, are to benefit from $50bn in new infrastructure projects. The money has been set aside by the government to fund a wide range of projects including new road and rail links, hospitals and community facilities to keep pace with the rapidly expanding population of Australia’s capital cities. Darrell Todd of thinkingaustralia says: “This is great news for potential migrants as thousands of skilled workers will…

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