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Albanese’s pledge to build thousands of houses is another Labor lie when first home buyers can’t afford their dream Herald Sun Victorian home buyers are being slugged $373,000 in tax and red tape for the state’s typical new house, with the government accused of fomenting “house and tax packages”. New data from the Centre for The post New homes in Victoria costing $373k more in red, green and black tape appeared first on www.cairnsnews.org.

From George Christensen, former Nationals MHR George to exit Mackay Regional Council I won’t be going into details — because this is family, family is private, and family is sacred. So I won’t be discussing it in the media or the public domain. But I will say this: there are moments in life when even The post Cr George Christensen steps away from ‘oppressive’ local government appeared first on www.cairnsnews.org.

By MICHAEL SLOVANOSTHE Queensland Government has opened up nine new areas for gas exploration across the Cooper/Eromanga and Bowen/Surat Basins to boost future supply, but councils in the same area who run an organisation called The Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) are pushing “decarbonisation”. The councils – Mackay, Whitsunday and Isaac – and their GW3 “economic The post Qld councils push anti-carbon paranoia but say they want industry too appeared first on www.cairnsnews.org.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth stresses America is not looking for trouble with China, nevertheless urging Asian nations and Australia to upgrade their defence capabilities. He said the US was upgrading its regional integrated air and missile defence architecture in Asia. “The US Japan alliance is improving operations and strengthening Japan’s capabilities,” Hegseth said. “The The post At Singapore conference Hegseth warns Asia to spend more on defence appeared first on www.cairnsnews.org.

Former world champion Liam Paro returns home for North Queensland showdown against 18-1 Jonathan Navarro Two-time world title challenger Liam Wilson also set for high-stakes bout, with Callum Peters and Kirra Ruston on stacked June 25 card On Wednesday, June 25, Cairns will play host to one of the biggest fight nights ever staged in The post No Limit Boxing is bringing the heat to Far North Queensland appeared first on www.cairnsnews.org.