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10% more foreign students to Australia

28 November 2015 In: Travel, Study, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, General

The number of foreign students choosing to study in Australia rose by 10.1% to 348,000 in the year to March 2015. Australia is the third biggest destination for foreign students globall, and the third-most popular destination for Chinese students after the US and Japan. Continuing growth means that in 2016 Australia will have the fastest growing foreign student population in the world. Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are the current favoured student destinations and millions of…

Physiotherapist job in Sydney

22 November 2015 In: Jobs, Migration, Sydney, General

A Mobile Aged Care Physiotherapist is required to work in Sydney, Australia. Recruiter Remedy Medical is part of the HelpStreet Group that operates in Australia and internationally and provides multiple career opportunities for the right candidate. In this role you will be providing mobile physiotherapy services to residents at a range of aged care facilities; Part of our multi-disciplinary team which includes Podiatry, Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Speech Pathology and Nursing. What’s on offer: A salary of…

Australia set for heatwave

18 November 2015 In: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Darwin, Adelaide, Brisbane, General

Temperatures in Australia are set to soar with a heatwave due in most states across the country. A high pressure system is moving east across the country from Western Australia and will generate high temperatures in all states except Tasmania, say the Bureau of Meteorology. Heatwave conditions are forecast across the interior of Western Australia, South Australia into south-western NSW and northern Victoria, and will become severe in SA and WA. Queensland and north east…

Hospitality job in Sydney

18 November 2015 In: Jobs, Migration, Sydney, General

The Park Hyatt hotel in Sydney, Australia is seeking to employ a full time Guest Services Officer. The main duties include meet, greet and escort guests arriving and departing the hotel, safely valet park and deliver guest vehicles, assist guests with luggage and deliveries and providing information upon guest request of the hotel, Sydney and surrounding areas. You will be responsible for providing an excellent and consistent level of service to your customers. The ability…

230,298 new homes in Australia

03 November 2015 In: Property, Sydney, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory, General

More than 230,000 new homes have been built in Australia over the past year but construction is now slowing down. According to latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, around 18,900 new homes were approved for construction across the country in September, a 1.9% fall compared to an average of 20,000 new approvals per month over most of 2015. But there is a wide disparity across Australia with a 42% increase in Queensland and…

Average house prices in Australia

02 November 2015 In: Property, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Canberra, Darwin, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart

Home-buyers in Australia could buy three houses in Hobart for the same price as a single house in Sydney. Such is disparity in house prices in major capital cities where, for the first time, the average cost of a house in Sydney has risen above $1 million. In July the average cost of a house in Sydney rose to $1 million – almost $350,000 more than the average house price in Melbourne ($668,030). Next is…

House prices in Australia in 2018

30 October 2015 In: Property, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, General

Sydney and Melbourne have been the best performing property markets in Australia this year but that’s all about to change. Over the next three years Brisbane will see the highest growth rate of all capital cities. This will result in an average house price of $575,000 in 2018, which will be 12% above the average house price of $511,300 in June this year. Elsewhere in Australia, the Perth market will weaken across both houses and…

House rents across Australia

29 October 2015 In: Property, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Darwin, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, General

The number of properties available for rent in Australia has fallen while the cost of renting has risen. In September 2015 there were over 70,000 properties available for rent and all but 2.3% were leased to tenants. Every capital city except Darwin and Perth had a vacancy rate below 3%. In Hobart, vacancies fell from 1.4% to just 1%, according to SQM Research. The number of vacant properties in Sydney was 1.7% in September. Adelaide’s…

Sydney housing boom ‘over’

22 October 2015 In: Property, Sydney, General

The housing boom in Sydney has ended, say industry experts, following a sharp fall in house price growth. House prices in Sydney have risen by a wallet-busting 21.7% in the past 12 months and the average cost of house in the city is now $1,032,433. It’s a rise of 3.2% over the September quarter – and the lowest quarterly level of growth since March 2014, according to property specialists Domain. The price of a unit…

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

21 October 2015 In: Sydney, Hobart, Sport, General

This year’s Sydney Hobart Yacht Race will feature more than 90 boats from over 25 countries. The event, the world’s most famous yacht race, will see boats and crews representing every state in Australia as well as 17 boats from Britain; two boats from China and entries from Holland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, USA and many others. British crews include Daniel Stump’s Lupa of London, Colin Buffin’s Uxorious IV, Adventure and Discoverer of Hornet entered by…

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