The construction of new dwellings across Victoria has dipped 3 percent from 12 months ago and is expected to continue to decrease in the succeeding years.
The Australian Food and Grocery Council said local producers were under pressure from declining profit margin and capital investment and product offshoring.
Building more generation capacity is going to impose significant costs on consumers, and nuclear is not the answer, Alinta Energy CEO Jeff Dimery says.
Australia is 18 months from the last possible date for the next federal election, so expect a lot more blame-shifting, but hopefully none as absurd as this one.