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A month each year lost to unnecessary meetings

With productivity making the headlines, new research has shown Australian employees waste up to three hours each week in unnecessary meetings. Office supplies company
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Queensland property growth helps nation break $1m barrier

Queensland property price growth has driven the national mean price beyond $1 million for the first time. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed
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House under construction. | Newsreel

Master plan to deliver $59 billion construction pipeline

Queensland builders have called for energy efficiency and livable housing requirements set out in the National Code to be made voluntary in a bid to lift productivity in
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McNab nab sustainability award for Electrolux centre

A multi-million-dollar development at the Port of Brisbane has been honoured for its sustainability at the Australian Institute of Building Awards. McNab CEO Kunjan
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Artist impression of hotel at Bulcock Street . | Newsreel

First luxury hotel approved under Council plan

A 160-suite, 11-storey, development in Caloundra is the first project approved under a Sunshine Coast Council plan to attract more luxury hotels to the region. Sunshine
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3D printed homes, New South Wales. | Newsreel

3D-printed homes, in half the time, an Australian first

Australia’s first 3D-printed social housing project has been completed in half the time, and a lower cost, than a traditional build. The two homes in the New South
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Push to localise supply chains a risk to global GDP

Global moves to on-shore manufacturing and production could undermine, rather than strengthen, supply chain resilience, according to the OECD. In its latest Supply Chain
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Value of a home loan rises in Queensland - Newsreel

Numbers behind interest rates cuts and house price rises

By James Graham With the Reserve Bank of Australia easing monetary policy, interest rates are on the way down. Already this year, mortgage pre-approvals had begun to
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New life for former Public Trustee building at 450 Queen St

A planned 6-star rating will see Brisbane’s former Public Trustee building transformed into one of Australia’s most sustainable commercial buildings. The 51-year-old
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Queensland issues Euro-denominated benchmark bond

Queensland has become the first Australian state to issue a Euro-denominated financial security, in a move to attract a new investor pool leading into the Brisbane 2032
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