News
Sydney, Melbourne house prices slip during March
5+ hour, 49+ min ago (260+ words) The news: Home values in Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, declined in March, despite an overall increase in house prices across the nation. The numbers: Cotality's national home value index increased by 0.7% in March, pushing dwelling values 2.1% higher…...
Critical minerals to be included in Australia-EU free trade deal
1+ week, 6+ day ago (125+ words) Critical minerals to be included in Australia-EU free trade deal'Capital Brief Critical minerals are expected to be included in a range of tariffs lifted when the European Union (EU) and Australia sign a major free trade agreement (FTA) next week…...
Australian home values collectively top $12 trillion for first time
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (302+ words) The news: The total value of all residential dwellings in Australia rose by $384.4 billion to $12.3 trillion, representing a 3.2% year-on-year growth in the December 2025 quarter. The context: According to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Western Australia recorded…...
Why we’re building high-speed rail
3+ week, 6+ day ago (166+ words) Capital Brief covers business and politics news for those shaping the new Australian economy: founders and executives who need capital to grow their businesses, the people who help them get it, investors who allocate it, and decision makers in the…...
Property prices surged 8.6% in 2025 but Sydney, Melbourne slid backwards in December
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (384+ words) The news: Property values across Australia soared 8.6% in the 12 months to December 2025, with Darwin, Brisbane and Perth recording double-digit price growth. It was the strongest calendar year for property price gains since 2021. But signs of weakness are emerging in the…...
BlueScope sells NSW residential project for $76m
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (207+ words) The news: Steelmaker BlueScope has exchanged contracts with one of Australia's largest home builders for the sale of 33 hectares of residentially zoned land in West Dapto, New South Wales, for $76 million. The numbers: BlueScope said the agreed price reflects a…...
Albo's Australia — Capital Brief
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (152+ words) Anthony Albanese's emphatic victory has entrenched Labor as the natural party of government and relegated the Liberals to being a party that doesn't represent metropolitan voters. A senior Liberal MP recently confided to me: "We look too much like Queensland,…...