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IT Jobs in Perth

31 August 2015 In: Jobs, Perth, General

Unisys is seeking a Desktop Engineer to work in Perth, Australia. Unisys provides high-level services in consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure services and enterprise server technology. The role will be a 12 month Contract, On-Site for Large High Profile Government Client. Minimum requirement is a current, NV1 Commonwealth Clearance. The Role – You will be part of a large support team, on-site at a major government client. You will be involved in providing level 2 BAU…

Perth actress returns to WA

27 August 2015 In: Perth, Western Australia, Entertainment, General

Hollywood actress Jessica De Gouw has returned to her roots in Perth to make a new sci-fi movie. De Gouw, who stars in hit TV series Underground and also features in NBC TV’s Dracula alongside Jonathan Rhys Meyers, was raised in Perth but moved to Los Angeles some years ago to pursue her movie career. Jessica, 27, is now back in Western Australia to start work on a new sci-fi thriller called OtherLife, alongside Australian…

Hugh Jackman to tour Australia

25 August 2015 In: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Entertainment, General

Hollywood star Hugh Jackman is to swap the big screen for the stage in Australia and an all-singing, all-dancing musical show. The Australian actor is to tour five Australian cities with an arena show called Broadway to Oz that will feature his favourite songs. Starting in Melbourne on 24 November, the tour will also visit Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The Sydney-born star of hit movies such as X-Men and Les Misérables said he has…

Perth aims to be ‘24-hour city’

23 August 2015 In: Perth, Western Australia, General

Innovation, deregulation and state-wide promotion is needed in order to make Perth a 24-hour city. That’s the view of Australia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry who believe Perth could be an engine-room of growth if it can break free from its country-town mentality and reliance on traditional industries. “We need to look at setting ourselves up as an education hub, pitch our LNG expertise to the world and promote our ability to provide clean and…

Australia has world best cities

19 August 2015 In: Migration, Melbourne, Perth, Family, General

Perth in Australia, a city once described as ‘dullsville’, is now among the best places in the world to live. The capital of Western Australia is one of four Australian cities to be placed high in the Top 10 of the world’s best places to live in the latest Global Liveability Ranking. Melbourne is ranked Number One as the world’s best place to live for the fifth consecutive year. Perth has risen to number eight…

Boom in Australia office space

09 August 2015 In: Property, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Economy, General

Rising demand for office space in Australia suggests that the national economy is moving away from the mining resources boom. The national average office vacancy rate fell over the past six months from 10.8% to 10.4% driven by a rise in demand for office space in Sydney and Melbourne, according to the Property Council of Australia. Demand for office space in Melbourne and Sydney is currently double the annual average but the Perth vacancy rate…

Olly Murs tour of Australia

07 August 2015 In: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Entertainment, General

Singer/songwriter Olly Murs is performing to capacity crowds on his current tour of Australia. The English mega-selling star kicked off his ‘Never Been Better’ down under tour on August 4th at Perth Arena and is set to perform his last concert at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on August 11th. “I am so excited to be heading back down under for my Australian Never Been Better Tour in August,” said Olly. “My last tour was only the…

Rents fall in Darwin and Perth

06 August 2015 In: Property, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, General

The cost of renting a home in Darwin and Perth has fallen in the past year but costs have risen in other capital cities. House rents in Darwin have fallen by 3.3% in the past 12 months to an average of $580 while units (apartments) have dropped 6.1% to $465. The cost of renting a house in Perth has also fallen, by 4.3% to $445, and rents on units have dropped 4.6% to $420. Rents…

Most expensive house in Australia

06 August 2015 In: Property, Perth, General

If you think houses are expensive in London, New York or Tokyo, think again, as the most expensive house in Australia has just been sold for… $70 million. Australian billionaire James Packer has just sold his home in Perth for around $70m, the highest price ever paid for a property in Australia. The six-floor mansion-style house was built by Packer and completed in 2013 and has six bedrooms, a gymnasium, a 20 car garage and…

Perth house prices fall $20,000

02 August 2015 In: Property, Perth, Western Australia, General

The average price of a house or apartment in Perth has fallen by $20,000 in the three months to June. The average price of a house in the metropolitan area dropped from $550,000 to $530,000 while the cost of units, apartments, villas and townhouses fell from $440,000 to $420,000 – the largest drop in two years, according to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia. Prices in the wider Perth region have also fallen; the…

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