For many Aboriginal people, their lives are still controlled by government and various authorities, just like they were in the early days.
The Racial Discrimination Act was suspended to enable the Northern Territory Emergency Response (aka “The Intervention”) to be enforced by the Liberal government, and the succeeding Labor government extended its implementation, in my opinion, to the detriment of those Aboriginal people and communities it affects.
But all that is on a national level. Personally, I believe we are all connected by a common thread – some of us recognise this and others don’t. Some of us acknowledge that the pain of others is the distress of all, just as the happiness or contentment of others can be our own satisfaction.
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Office landlords defy market conditions with new lease deals
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Leading office landlords are defying the pandemic-hit market with a swathe of new lease deals in the premium-grade echelon, albeit with higher incentive packages to entice tenants to get workers to return to the city-based properties.
AMP Capital, Dexus and Investa have all inked new deals in the past few months, with directors saying demand for premium-grade towers is buoyant.
AMP Capital s Quay Quarter Tower at Sydney s Circular Quay.
Leasing agents have said incentives in rent contracts stand at an average of 22-30 per cent across city-based assets.
More supply, less demand send office vacancy higher
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Office markets around the country have been caught in the crossfire, with the supply of fresh space pumping into CBDs at pre-COVID-19 levels even as demand turned negative in all capitals but Canberra.
The Property Council of Australia’s bi-annual
Office Market Report released on Thursday will be one of its most eagerly anticipated in some time, telling the story of how CBD office markets weathered the disruption.
Workers are still staying away from CBD office towers.
Ryan Stuart
Vacancy rates have risen around the country. Sydney is at 8.6 per cent and Melbourne at 8.2 per cent – both more than double what they were a year ago, before the upheaval began. The other capitals have all experienced higher vacancy, except Canberra which has tracked sideways at 10.1 per cent as federal departments took up new accommodation.