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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…

House prices fall in Australia

24 September 2015 In: Migration, Property, Finance, Perth, Darwin, General

The price of homes in Perth and Darwin in Australia has dropped by almost 2% in the past 12 months. Although house and unit prices have risen in Sydney and Melbourne in the past year, house price inflation is slowing down in other cities and in Perth and Darwin prices have shown a marked fall. In the past three months Capital city residential property prices rose 8.9% in Sydney and in Melbourne by 4.2%. 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…

Australia land prices rise 6%

23 September 2015 In: Migration, Property, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Tasmania, General

The price of vacant land for residential development in Australia has risen by an average of 6% over the past 12 months. But while some cities such as Sydney have seen land prices rise by over 16%, Brisbane has seen an almost 3% fall in prices. The cost of land traditionally makes up around one third of the price of a newly-built house which goes a long way to explaining the recent big rise in…

Etihad flights to Melbourne

21 September 2015 In: Travel, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, General

Etihad Airways operates daily services from UK and offers economy flights to Melbourne from London for £740 (£713 from Edinburgh & Manchester). All three of Etihad’s daily flights from London are now operated by their flagship A380. Etihad also offers convenient double daily flights to Melbourne via its hub Abu Dhabi. Additional Australian gateways include Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, and an extensive partnership with Virgin Australia means that Etihad’s guests can travel onwards within Australia to…

Australia house prices fall

16 September 2015 In: Property, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Darwin, Adelaide, Brisbane, General

The price of homes in 50% of Australia capital cities has fallen over the past three months. Darwin recorded the biggest fall in values with prices dropping by 3.2% over the past quarter. Prices in Perth were down by 1.5%, Canberra is 0.8% lower and Adelaide prices are slightly lower, at 0.1%. The average price of a house in Adelaide is now $425,000 while average cost of a Unit (apartment) is $342,000. While prices in…

$32bn in Australia home loans

15 September 2015 In: Property, Finance, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Darwin, Adelaide, Brisbane, Victoria, General

New Government lending rules aimed at cooling the property market in Australia has yet to have a big impact on home loan demand. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 53,095 home loans were approved in July, a rise of 0.3% on the previous month. The total value of all dwelling commitments also increased with more than $32 billion in home loans written in July. Major banks and finance house in Australia have recently changed…

Australia home rents falling

10 September 2015 In: Property, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Darwin, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Victoria, Tasmania, General

The cost of renting a house in Australia has fallen by 1% and across the country combined rent is increasing at its slowest on record. Rent inflation is slowing down as the construction boom brings tens of thousands of new homes onto the market in Australia’s capital cities. And in three major cities rental costs have fallen in the past 12 months, in one case by over 10%. Sydney, at $592 per week, remains the…

Recruitment jobs in Perth

07 September 2015 In: Jobs, Perth, Western Australia, General

A senior recruitment consultant is being sought by a long-established company to work in Perth, Australia. Randstad Business Support Perth has been in the market for 25 years, working with local businesses and employing local employees. With a team dedicated in forming true business partnerships, we add value and are trusted advisors to our clients. We specalise in volume, temporary and permanent recruitment. We are looking for a passionate senior consultant who has worked in…

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