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Still Near the Peak: Construction Insolvencies and Mirvac’s Market Claims Tested

APN 22000 Series Claim Test: building costs are about 40% higher than five years ago and prices are still rising in WA and Queensland, but construction insolvencies ran near their peak through the year to June 2026.

Thursday October 1, 2026

Construction & Development Claim Test

Ten Thousand Fewer or Thirty Thousand More: What Separates the Two Housing Package Models

APN 22000 Series Claim Test: the industry’s 10,700 fewer homes and the Budget’s up to 30,000 more, read at source. On what the tax changes do to dwelling numbers the two models agree: 14,032 fewer starts over four years, which...

Tuesday September 29, 2026

Construction & Development Claim Test

When Builders Fail: What Australia’s Construction Insolvency Record Can and Cannot Show

APN 22000 Series National Insight: in the year to June 2026, 3,472 construction companies entered external administration for the first time, 2.7 times as many as in the year to June 2022, and construction has held a steady quarter of...

Wednesday September 23, 2026

Dating the Supply Decline: Completions Fell Before the Tax Fight, and Starts Have Already Turned

Construction & Development Claim Test

Dating the Supply Decline: Completions Fell Before the Tax Fight, and Starts Have Already Turned

APN 22000 Series National Insight: the Shadow Housing Minister's supply case, tested against the ABS series. Completions fell 18.5% between 2018 and 2021 and have been flat at about 175,000 a year since; commencements rose 16.6% in 2025 and the...

Monday August 31, 2026

Crowded Out: Housing Is Losing the Contest for Australia’s Construction Capacity

Construction & Development Structural Diagnosis

Crowded Out: Housing Is Losing the Contest for Australia’s Construction Capacity

APN 22000 Series National Insight: five years of construction data show housing has been the residual claimant on Australia's building capacity -- engineering up 30%, non-residential building up 22%, residential up 11%. The residential pipeline has doubled in outstanding value...

Sunday August 30, 2026

Construction & Development Structural Diagnosis

The Construction Paradox: Approvals Accelerate While Starts Stall

APN 22000 Series National Insight: the June quarter data shows a genuine building boom by value, but approvals accelerating (+8.8% y/y) while commencements stall (+0.2% y/y) -- against a backdrop of accelerating new-dwelling costs and a sharp NAB sentiment fall.

Wednesday August 26, 2026

Category: Construction & Development Insight

Still Near the Peak: Construction Insolvencies and Mirvac’s Market Claims Tested

Ten Thousand Fewer or Thirty Thousand More: What Separates the Two Housing Package Models

When Builders Fail: What Australia’s Construction Insolvency Record Can and Cannot Show

Dating the Supply Decline: Completions Fell Before the Tax Fight, and Starts Have Already Turned

Crowded Out: Housing Is Losing the Contest for Australia’s Construction Capacity

The Construction Paradox: Approvals Accelerate While Starts Stall

Staying Put: Who Lived at the Same Address Five Years On, by State and Suburb

Who Volunteers, and Where: Voluntary Work by State, Age and Locality at the 2021 Census

Three Measures of Home Values and One Turn: What the ABS, Cotality and PropTrack Figures Show to September 2026

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