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Building a Pergola
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High Gloss Laminates
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Water Savers
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Bathroom Seminar
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Superb time had by all at the Master Builders & Home Inovations Golf Day
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Design & Building Industry 2013 Forecast Night a huge success!
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The Complete Building Seminar
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Interior Design Course - June
Tuesday 10:00 am, 18th June 2013Create and experience your own new world of design with this highly practical, stimulating course that will provide you with a thorough grounding in the skills and techniques of Interior Design. ... continue reading
Master Builders Green Living - Domestic
Friday 9:00 am, 28th June 2013A Master Builder course for environmentally aware builders and building public to pursue sustainability options in their constructions. ... continue reading
Impact of scheme may not be quite what you expect
July 1st 2012
A STRANGE thing happened as carbon pricing laws passed the House of Representatives last October. The share price of BlueScope Steel - one of Australia's most greenhouse-intensive export businesses - rose.
By the close of business on October 12 its share price had leapt 4.9 per cent, following a 13 per cent increase the previous week. BlueScope's market value improved by $273 million in just five days.
The company was not alone. The share prices of resources companies Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Woodside also rose - by between 1.3 and 0.2 per cent, as the government, Greens and independents pushed the carbon scheme through the lower house.
The sharemarket test illustrates a point: the impact of the scheme may not be quite what people expect.
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Some companies and households will face a hit as prices change to favour low-emissions products; some will be better off. But while the scheme is sometimes described as the biggest change in the economy in decades, analysts say most people may be surprised how little affected they are.
From the Sydney Morning Herald, by Adam Morton, 1st July 2012. To view full article, click here
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