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Bushrangers in control
sportal.com.au
With a home final for the Bushrangers now within reach, a rampant David Hussey and Aaron Finch have set about building what should be a match-winning lead ...

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The Manly Daily
Another accident on local building site
The Manly Daily
This latest machinery mishap follows a similar incident in January where a large excavator fell into the lagoon on Manly Golf Course. Are building site ...

Ninemsn
Man builds monster house of cards
Ninemsn
By ninemsn staff A US architect has set a new Guinness World Record by spending a marathon 44 days building the largest-ever house of cards. ...

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Contractors, families 'reeling' after builder's collapse
ABC Online
[File image] (ABC TV) The liquidation of a building company in Alice Springs is sending subcontractors and their families to the wall, a contractor ...

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Construction on new toilet block to begin soon
The Ridge News
The Walgett Shire Council's Health and Building surveyor, Len Smyth created the design for the 7.68mx 8.8m toilet block. Several options were considered, ...

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ABC Online
Naked statues teeter on the edge
ABC Online
What appears to be a man standing on the roof of the Pentagram Building is actually a life-sized nude body cast by British artist Antony Gormley. ...

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Government launches First Tent Owners Scheme due to crippling house prices
Sydney Morning Herald
Caesar would declare: "I came, I saw, I ordered the building of an integrated transport network." He would order construction immediately and no senator ...

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THE DISTILLERY: Land rights for BHP!
Business Spectator
That's because we are spending more on renovations to make our existing houses bigger and better and less on building new homes.” Stutchbury's wants to see ...
Australia shares tread water a year after market lowNinemsn
Australia shares softer; Alesco tumblesNinemsn

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Sea shells inspire better building materials
Gizmag
Their achievement could lead to stronger building and bone replacement materials, or other practical applications. By combining calcite crystals with ...

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Naked statues teeter on the edge
ABC Online
The third went up on Wednesday (US time) and a total of 31 are destined to be installed atop landmarks including the Empire State Building, the Flatiron ...

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Carpark costs reach new levels across Australia
The Australian
Ray White Real Estate chairman Brian White said it would be a brave developer that would build an office building without parking. ...

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ABC Online
Terrorists execute World Vision workers
ABC Online
Building attacked: A policeman inspects the destroyed offices of aid group World Vision. (Reuters: Adrees Latif) There are concerns that ...
Rebels kill six World Vision aid workers in PakistanThe Australian
Gunmen storm US charity in PakistanBigPond News
Militants kill charity workerHerald Sun
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Renovation boom masks shortage of new houses
The Australian
That's because we are spending more on renovations to make our existing houses bigger and better and less on building new homes. ...
House-price surge warningSydney Morning Herald
House Prices Set To IncreaseAustralian Migration News
Bridging the housing gapBusiness Spectator
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Leader News
Summerhill building too tall claims objectors
Leader News
“It's a very tall structure in a very narrow street, and it's much taller than any other building within kilometres of the site. “It's totally out of place, ...

Building society takes on banks
Rockhampton Morning Bulletin
THE Rock Building Society is taking on the big banks, claiming its new offerings provide a genuine alternative in the national mortgage market. ...

King Kong health plan threatens the PM
The Australian
HEALTH and hospitals policy is Kevin Rudd's King Kong and it could cause him as much damage as Kong did to the Empire State Building. ...

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ILO raps role of building watchdog
The Australian
BUILDING unions say the Rudd government has been embarrassed by a report from the International Labour Organisation criticising the construction industry ...

A smooth operator with an eye for detail
Sydney Morning Herald
... brandishing a light meter to help work out what her creation would look like, when he donned a hard hat to visit the building during construction. ...

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ABC Online
House Prices Set To Increase
Australian Migration News
The slow pace of house-building in Australia, combined with a rapidly growing population, could force house prices ever higher in future, the RBA warns. ...
RBA warns home prices could go higherSydney Morning Herald
Bridging the housing gapBusiness Spectator
Home loans down, but not enough to put rate rises on holdTrading Room

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ABC Online
House-price surge warning
Sydney Morning Herald
The reported fall in lending is at odds with auction clearance rates, house-price growth and building approvals. Call me stubborn, but I'm not getting ...
House Prices Set To IncreaseAustralian Migration News
Bridging the housing gapBusiness Spectator
Home loans down, but not enough to put rate rises on holdTrading Room

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