“Sales have been poorly timed, with long settlement periods, for instance and many of the sales have not been done via competitive tender.”
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Dutton’s Voice referendum letter sends a message about leadership
Find out as much as you can about why the Uluru Statement called for a Voice, along with truth telling and treaty… vote with your conscience.
$11 billion is not enough to fix Australia’s housing affordability crisis
Most Australians know someone who is struggling to pay the rent – tradespeople in major cities, students, older single women, single parent families. Have you talked to your local government representatives and state and federal MPs about this issue?
Offshore gas licence may still have pep in its step
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s secret ministries saga may give Asset Energy a legal lifeline to go ahead with gas exploration off the NSW coast between Newcastle and Wollongong
Welcome to The Point for 2023
Cars were stopping on either side of the the Barrier Highway to take in and photograph the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ spectacle f the Darling River floodplain looking like a massive inland sea.
Greens push major parties for more action on affordable housing
The last news item from Minister for Homes, Anthony Roberts, was a proposal to send flying squads into local government areas to help councils clear backlogs of development applications to deliver new houses faster.
Great weather for waterbirds
“This is the third La Niňa year in a row and there has been a boom in breeding, despite relatively few waterbirds across the area. On top of this we are seeing an increase coming through from previous years’ breeding.”
Companies banned for human rights breaches
Daily news…Doing business with Myanmar or selling spying equipment to countries who will use it to monitor journalists are two of the latest reasons companies might get excluded from ESG investment funds. The December edition of IP&E Magazine, a globally-recognised pension fund publication, reports that the manager of Norway’s huge […]
Getting Australia off the gas
The Federal Government is essentially giving people a fish when they need to be teaching them how to fish
Council CEO says no more land sale tranches
Administrator Rik Hart resolved to sell two parcels of community land located in Mann St Gosford, subject to reclassification, at the last Central Coast Council meeting for 2023, but Mr Farmer said the “subject to reclassification” clause in the resolution made it lawful.