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Foreign cash "needed" to pay for roads and schools

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IF AUSTRALIA is going to afford the 173,000 kilometres of new roads, 3250 new schools and 1370 new cinemas supposedly needed over the next 40 years, much of the money to pay for it will inevitably come from overseas, analysts say. On PricewaterhouseCoopers's numbers, funding for the
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Tourist operators more confident about future

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By Jessica Mawer Map: Brisbane 4000 A business sentiment survey by the Tourism Transport Forum (TTF), shows some operators are expecting more international visitors to Queensland this year, as the world's economy recovers. TTF executive director Brett Gale says while the
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Development association names new executive director

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Map: Rupanyup 3388 Until recently, Ms Bourke, from Rupanyup, has worked on the Wimmera Mallee pipeline project with Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water. Ms Bourke replaces former executive director Philip Sabien, who resigned in December last year to work with Warracknabeal-based Clyne
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Growing population driving up land prices

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By Kristy Sexton-McGrath Map: Cairns 4870 The residential land report for the September quarter shows the north was the eighth most expensive region in the country, with an average block costing $159,000 in Cairns and Townsville. The Housing Industry Association (HIA) and RP Data
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CBD vacancy rates forecast to drop

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The number of empty offices in Sydney and Melbourne has significantly increased over the past six months to reach four-year highs as the economic crisis led to widespread white-collar retrenchments. But the 7.8 per cent vacancy rate for Sydney and 6.6 per cent in Melbourne remain a far cry
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