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Getting a Place in Sydney’s Best Schools

In the same week as the British government released figures showing that about one in six children don’t get into their first choice school in England, the Sydney Morning Herald ran a story about the lengths Sydneysiders are going to in order to get their children into Sydney’s best state schools.

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Job Ads Continue To Decline In Australia

The number of jobs advertised in Australia’s major newspapers and on the web fell by 8.6% in November to average 211,199 per week. This followed a fall of 5.9% in October.

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Australian Population Growing Fast

Last year has seen Australia’s population grow at its fastest pace since 1989. The country’s population reached 21.4 million in 30 June 2008, an increase of 1.7% or 359,000 people in one year.

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Modest House Price Falls For Western Australia

The Perth housing market has moved into “uncharted territory,” as the market experiences its third consecutive quarterly fall in median price. House prices however,were still only down by a modest 8 percent from their peak price in December 2007.

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Australia Increases First Time Buyers Grant

The Australian Government has doubled the first home buyers grant to $14,000 for those who buy an established home and tripled it to $21,000 for those who buy a newly built home.

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