IRON ore imports by China, the world’s biggest buyer of the commodity, climbed to a 20-month high on speculation steel demand may increase. Imports totalled 65.01 million tonnes in September, China’s customs bureau said. The shipments, the highest since January 2011, rose 4.1 per cent from August and 7.3 per cent from the 60.57 million Read the full article…
Port weighs in with new record
Oct 12, 2012 Articles
The Port Hedland Port Authority says despite the current slowdown in the Australian mining sector, it has recorded its largest dead weight tonnage vessel at the port. Iron ore carrier Daniel N left Port Hedland earlier this month with a total weight of more than 297,000 tonnes. The previous record was set in June, 2010 Read the full article…
Population pressure squeezing the rental system
Oct 9, 2012 Articles
Population data recently released by the ABS for the Year to March 2012, show Western Australia’s population growing at 3.1 per cent or 73,300 people. This is the highest recorded annual increase and level with the Year to December 2008. This figure is driven by a record quarterly increase in WA’s population of 23,300 and Read the full article…
Making fly-in, fly-out a women’s game
Sep 14, 2012 Articles
In Western Australia, the phrase ‘fly-in, fly-out worker’ tends to conjure up the image of a cashed-up bloke with a penchant for living hard, leaving a trail of fast cars and real estate in his wake. But this stereotype could not be further from Karla Dickson. “I was seriously having dreams I was abandoning my Read the full article…
Perth rents continue to climb
Sep 14, 2012 Articles
Median rents across metropolitan Perth continue to increase. The latest REIWA data for the three months to August indicates that median house rents rose by $10 to $450 per week, while units, apartments and villas rose by $20 to $430 per week. The latest rise follows a $10 increase in the March quarter and a Read the full article…
Landlords urged to ensure they lodge bond money correctly
Jul 28, 2012 Articles
Fair Trading Minister Doug Shave has urged the State’s landlords to make sure they lodge bond money correctly. “When bond money is lodged in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act, the interests of both owners and tenants are protected, and disputes between parties are minimised,” Mr Shave said. Speaking in Broome, Mr Shave said the Read the full article…
Today Tonight – Rio Jobs
May 1, 2012 Articles
Rio Jobs Reporter: Graeme Butler The Rio-Tinto Juggernaut is rolling into town and it wants four thousand workers NOW for its W.A mining operations. It’s a job campaign like no other targeting 6000 new employees across Australia. It’s a campaign of Olympic proportions and has enlisted some famous Olympians to lead the charge Rio has 15 Read the full article…
Property killings to be made in the Pilbara boom!
May 1, 2012 Articles | Pilbara property
WHEN governments spend big in an area, private money usually follows. For that reason, government decisions can be a major creator of real estate hotspots. The regional centres of Western Australia’s Pilbara region were real estate outperformers long before the state government decided to tip serious money into their infrastructure. But the expenditure, followed by Read the full article…
Western Australia outperforms the rest
Apr 30, 2012 Articles | Government & Policy
SO strongly is Western Australia performing, the national economy is now being viewed in terms of Australia as a whole and Australia excluding WA. The latest report card by Commonwealth Securities (CommSec) on Australia’s states suggests WA’s influence, courtesy of the mining boom, has become so powerful it warrants its own special consideration. Every three Read the full article…
Pilbara Property Prospects Piping Hot!
Apr 30, 2012 Articles | Pilbara property
IN DEMAND: Ongoing resources developments have made Port Hedland a property investment hotspot, according to a new report. Ten Western Australian suburbs have been ranked in the nation’s top 50 for potential capital growth, as the state’s resources boom intensifies demand for residential property. Regional towns in WA featured strongly in the Fast 50 report, Read the full article…