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Scape buys Aveo for $3.85b in biggest direct real estate deal
Financial Review
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June 24, 2025
Craig Carracher and Stephen Gaitanos’ Scape will buy Brookfield-owned retirement-living operator Aveo, in a company-transformational deal marking one of Australia’s largest direct real estate transactions. Street Talk can reveal Scape and...
Scape signs biggest-ever direct real estate deal; buys Aveo for $3.85b
Financial Review
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June 24, 2025
Craig Carracher and Stephen Gaitanos’ Scape will sign a company-transformational deal to buy Brookfield-owned retirement living operator Aveo on Tuesday, marking one of Australia’s largest-ever direct real estate transactions. Street Talk can...
Construction of ‘world’s tallest’ mass timber high-rise underway
Construction Briefing
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June 24, 2025
Construction started on Neutral Edison (The Edison), a 31-storey mass timber tower in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, which is set to become the ‘world’s tallest’ building of its kind once topped-out in 2026. The construction site for Neutral...
CONRAD LIVERIS: There’s no superhero to fix Australia’s productivity. It’s up to us
The West Australian
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June 24, 2025
Australia’s productivity growth is limping along at 0.7 per cent. We’re moving slower than traffic on the freeway in peak hour, with about as much co-ordination. It’s the kind of dysfunction you’d expect from an episode of Utopia: big ambitions,...
Pioneer Greek-Australian lawyer Gregory Antippa passes away at 93
Neos Kosmos
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June 24, 2025
Gregory Antippa, one of Melbourne’s most senior Greek-Australian lawyers, has passed away at the age of 93. His funeral will take place on Wednesday at the Church of Saint Haralambos in Templestowe. Antippa was a beloved figure in the Greek and...
Rio Tinto and Hancock commit $1.6bn for Australia’s Hope Downs 2 project
Mining Technology
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June 24, 2025
Rio Tinto and Hancock Prospecting have announced plans to invest $1.6bn in the Hope Downs 2 iron ore project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, with Rio Tinto’s share being $800m. Having received all necessary government approvals, the project...
Most young people think Australia is a racist country, survey finds
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 24, 2025
Australia's only national survey tracking progress on reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians has recorded a near 40 per cent rise in racism during the past decade. The biennial Australian Reconciliation Barometer,...
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Shelby Sun Times - Tennessee
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June 24, 2025
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Australia news LIVE: Heartbroken family of an Australian hiker who mysteriously vanished in the Albanian Alps launch desperate move in quest for answers
Daily Mail
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June 23, 2025
By KYLIE STEVENS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 19:41 EDT, 23 June 2025 | Updated: 01:27 EDT, 24 June 2025 Welcome to Daily Mail Australia's live news blog. Heartbroken family of Australian hiker who mysteriously vanished overseas launch...
Could this slow Australia’s rising rents or is it a risky move?
realestate.com.au
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June 24, 2025
Rents continue to rise across Australia, prompting some to call for rent control to give tenants some relief, but experts say it’s a complex idea that could cause more problems than it solves. Rents have continued to march higher across the...
Queensland Budget 2025: First-home buyers get a leg up with Australia’s most generous shared equity scheme
realestate.com.au
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June 24, 2025
Investments into home ownership, housing infrastructure and new social and community housing are among the measures in the Queensland 2025-26 budget announced today, aimed at providing more Queenslanders a place to call home. Premier David...
Australia’s City of Cockburn eyes enhanced cooperation with Vietnam
VietnamPlus
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June 23, 2025
Sydney (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam on June 23 hosted a reception for Logan K. Howlett, Mayor of the City of Cockburn, Western Australia, during which the latter expressed his desire to promote collaboration with the...
AFL team Hawthorn makes an INSANE profit as it sells famous Waverley Park property it bought for just $1
Daily Mail
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June 24, 2025
Hawthorn Hawks have had a massive financial windfall Team is moving to new $100million headquarters By SHAYNE BUGDEN FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA and OLIVER CAFFREY FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 02:13 EDT, 24 June 2025 | Updated: 02:13...
Dexus (ASX:DXS) Boosts Property Valuations, Declares H2 Distribution Ahead of FY25 Results
Kalkine Media
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June 24, 2025
Highlights Portfolio valuation rises by $55 million across office and industrial assets Distribution of 18.0 cents per security set for H2 FY25 Legal update on APAC court hearing scheduled for November Dexus (ASX:DXS), a major player in the...
How TikTok’s demographic shift could reshape Australian retail spaces
Inside Retail Asia
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June 23, 2025
demographic evolution is striking when compared to US trends. While Australia’s TikTok user base remains dominated by 18-24 year-olds, American data reveals a dramatic shift with users aged 45-54 surged from 8 per cent to 13 per cent between 2022...
Australia news LIVE: Heartbroken family of an Australian hiker who mysteriously vanished in the Albanian Alps launch desperate move in quest for answers
Daily Mail
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June 23, 2025
By KYLIE STEVENS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 19:41 EDT, 23 June 2025 | Updated: 01:39 EDT, 24 June 2025 Welcome to Daily Mail Australia's live news blog. The family of Australian hiker Cameron Twiss is still searching for answers eight...
Australia’s knockdown capital revealed: Where the most homes are facing the wrecking ball
realestate.com.au
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June 23, 2025
As Australia struggles to meet its lofty homebuilding target, new data has revealed that tens of thousands of homes across the country are slated for demolition. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that more than 20,000 homes were...
Katy Perry struck down with ‘fever’ in Australia amid split reports
Sky News Australia
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June 24, 2025
Katy Perry has been struck down with a "fever" in Australia amid reports the pop star and Orlando Bloom have split after nine years together. Perry, 40, first sparked concerns when she stopped to interact with fans at Kingscote Airport ahead of...
Fremantle and Other Western Australia Ports to Receive State Investments
The Maritime Executive
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The government of the Australian state of Western Australia announced plans for major investments in the state’s ports as part of its 2025-2026 State Budget. According to the officials, the critical infrastructure improvements will enhance the...
AGL Energy bill problem that has angered Australians
Daily Mail
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June 24, 2025
TV star Reggie Bird has exposed the abject failure of Australia's energy policy, with her electricity bill almost tripling in just three months. The 51-year-old mother-of-two slammed her energy provider AGL after she received a quarterly...