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Giving Back – The Smith Family’s Learning for Life Program
Consultive is proud to support The Smith Family as a Learning for Life sponsor, for five disadvantaged Australian children. The Smith Family’s Learning for Life program recognises that disadvantaged children need extra support to stay at school and go on to further studies or a job. Learning for Life helps create better futures for children in…
Melbourne to build mini-CBDs to cope with the population boom
The Victorian Planning Authority wants 50,000 people to work here in what will be dubbed Australian Education City — a place where university campuses will converge with research and technology companies. Towering over the low-lying suburbs, it sticks out like a beacon, calling people towards the economic heart of the…
Three Reasons Why People Leave Their Employers
Imagine your star employee walking in and handing in their resignation. It’s a situation no one wants, but staff attrition is an inevitable part of management. Whilst people leave for various reasons, retention should be a priority for every organisation. As a specialist Built Environment Recruitment Firm, we often hear from…
Government promises $1.5 billion to build new Footscray Hospital
Footscray’s crumbling hospital will be rebuilt at the Victoria University Footscray Park campus under a $1.5 billion plan announced on Sunday. Premier Daniel Andrews has promised to build a new 504 bed hospital that would boost the hospital’s capacity to enable 15 thousand new patients to be treated each year…
Guy’s $19b fast rail plan promises quick country commutes in 10 years
Defunct stations would be rebuilt, new train tracks laid and two brand new train fleets bought to achieve the Coalition’s $19 billion “European-style” fast regional rail plan. On Wednesday, Liberal leader Matthew Guy promised that if he wins the November election, trains will zoom to regional areas at 200km/h, services…
Home Building highest on record but activity winding down: HIA
Home building across Australia’s housing markets has peaked as the total number of homes commenced by the nation’s top builders starts winding down, a report by the Housing Industry Association shows. While building activity in 2017-18 was the strongest year on record at 222,000 new home commencements nationally, the total…
Infrastructure to offset housing & push tender prices higher
Infrastructure to offset housing & push tender prices higher Surging infrastructure demand will keep construction costs high across eastern and southern Australia this year even as the residential construction boom comes off, WT Partnership’s latest report shows. Infrastructure tender price growth of up to 7 per cent next year – driven by projects such…
Designs unveiled for Victoria’s biggest road project
The Victorian Government has unveiled the detailed designs for the State’s biggest-ever road project, the $15.8 billion North East Link. And with the reference design now complete, the Government says it will put the project out to market within 100 days of it being re-elected in November’s State poll. In response to…
Vic Government seeking market interest to deliver Airport Rail Link
The Victorian Government has this week opened a Registration of Interest (ROI) process seeking businesses, investors and constructors to help deliver the Melbourne Airport Rail Link. If re-elected, the Andrews Government says it will commit up to $5 billion to the project, which will run from the CBD to the…
Melbourne’s $50 billion Rail Loop
Victoria could become home to the nation’s biggest transport project after Labor pledged to build a $50 billion underground rail loop connecting Melbourne’s major train lines. Premier Daniel Andrews made the announcement on his Facebook page on Tuesday, ahead of the state election due in November. The Suburban Rail Loop…
