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New apartment settlements are on track to fall to 20,000 next year, a seven-year low, unless investors return and boost the sluggish pace of development.
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International students have been approved to return to NSW as soon as August as part of a new plan pushed by the state’s university sector.
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Only seven per cent of aspiring international students say they would continue with Australian courses if they're fully online, according to a new survey.
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Some analysts are warning that Australia's multi-decade property boom may be about to end, but most agree that will not happen this year.
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A leading economic think tank says Australia’s migration program needs imminent overhaul to better attract skilled migrants
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A new report has warned that international travel for Australians is likely to remain restrictive until 2024.
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The rate of net overseas migration has plummeted enough to overcome the rate of births, leaving Australia with less people in it than before.
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AMP Capital’s chief economist warned that rebooting mass immigration would give more legs to the property price boom.
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What most crystal ball gazers don’t recognise is that the property market is all about finance, not economics.
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With few people making it into or out of the country, the coronavirus has winded the clock back more than 100 years on Australia’s population growth.
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Australians living overseas fear the tentative green light given to international students to enter the country will further delay their return home.
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Virgin’s boss predicts the coronavirus pandemic will halt international travel for the airline until at least 2023 after 3000 jobs were cut.
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