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For September, the total number of Australian houses and apartments approved for construction fell a seasonally adjusted 13.6 per cent from August, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today.

On March 31, two large Australian building companies collapsed, joining a long line of business failures in the construction industry. Porter Davis Homes had 1,500 partially built houses in Victoria ...

SYDNEY--Australian building approvals were weaker than expected in November, denting hopes of a big recovery in housing supply to meet surging immigration. The total number of dwellings approved fell ...