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Plans for $1 and no DA. The ‘pattern' homes set to be fast tracked
When folk singer Malvina Reynolds famously satirised suburban life she took aim at the cookie cutter design of houses: little boxes all the same. But in Sydney, where the median dwelling price is already more than $1 million and houses are approaching $2 million, choosing an identical design as your neighbour could be the price to pay for getting faster approval and build times for a dream home.
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US inflation rises to highest level since February
Washington DC | Inflation rose last month to its highest level in four months as the cost of gas, food, and groceries rose, reversing several months of cooling price pressures. Consumer prices rose 2.7 per cent in June from a year earlier, the Labour Department said Tuesday, up from an annual increase of 2.4 per cent in May. On a monthly basis, prices climbed 0.3 per cent from May to June, after rising just 0.1 per cent the previous month.
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ASX RIO: Rio Tinto names iron ore division chief Simon Trott as next CEO
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Port fees are ‘out of control', say shipping lines
The competition regulator has urged ports not to charge excessive fees as prices soar for vessels bringing goods in and out of Western Australia's Fremantle harbour. The Port of Fremantle, which is owned by the WA government, has raised mooring fees for all vessels over 5000 tonnes to $3300 per service from $835 previously for vessels arriving in its inner harbour, an increase of 295 per cent.
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Rio Tinto's new CEO Simon Trott is about to put the miner on a diet
is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine.
