4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (278+ words) Knowing key property terms can help home buyers understand loans, taxes and purchasing costs. Buying or selling property comes with its own language, and understanding a few key terms can help Australians make sense of home loans, taxes and purchasing…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (576+ words) Australia's spring property season is shaping up to be unusually sluggish, as sellers retreat from a weak market and unsold homes pile up. Regional markets continue to outshine the capital cities, although data shows regional NSW is starting to see…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (368+ words) Australia's often-overlooked colonial Asian history, dating back to the gold rushes of the 1850s, is the subject of a multicultural event in Wellington next week. Named in honour of a much-loved 19th- and early 20th-century Chinese retailer – William Suey Ling – the Fong…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (547+ words) Women, families and vulnerable people across Western NSW have been left behind after Western NSW Community Legal Centre (WNSWCLC), and its crucial program Western Women's Legal Support (WWLS), were unsuccessful in securing additional funding through the NSW Government's distribution of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1033+ words) Question: “What do rising sea levels, modern day slavery, and the United Nations, have to do with the work of a local government agency in the state’s sunny central west?” Answer: “Not much!”, according to Cr Lukas Butler. While heated…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (449+ words) A second incursion of a bee-killing parasite has brought a more chemically-resistant wave of the pests, raising concerns over their impact on Australia's food security. Bees play a crucial role in food production, with an estimated $12.9 billion of crops in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (615+ words) Australia has fallen further behind its ambitious target to build 1.2 million new homes by the end of the decade. The timeline to meet the target has been pushed back by another three months since April, according to the government's housing…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (490+ words) Calls are growing for the government to address an issue plaguing its housing agenda: many affordable homes are not actually affordable. The Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF), the $10 billion centrepiece of Labor's efforts to fix the housing crisis, is designed…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (456+ words) The Blak Carpet lit up with Indigenous fashion and high achievers from across the arts, sports and community services for the annual NAIDOC Awards. Winners of this year's awards ranged from esteemed elders to a highly-lauded artist whose genre-bending style…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (549+ words) A dive in new home loans to property investors is an "encouraging sign" Labor's changes to negative gearing and the capital gains discount are working as intended, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says. The number of investor loans fell 8.6 per cent in…...