27+ min ago (368+ words) House price growth in WA is outstripping the rest of the nation " rising at an "unsustainable" rate of $5000 per week according to new data. Perth home values rose 2.4 per cent in November to $955,832, beating out all other capital cities according to Cotality. Nationally prices rose 1 per cent on average, and there are tentative signs the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets are starting to cool. Research Director Tim Lawless said Perth was experiencing extraordinary rates of growth in comparison. "In dollar terms, it means Perth's housing market is rising in value at about $5000 a week," he said. "So I think pretty quickly we're going to be starting to see some more substantial affordability constraints and serviceability constraints getting in the way of such an unsustainably high rate of growth." He said that housing values were climbing by about four times the…...

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1+ hour ago (958+ words) Melbourne's shift to higher density living is expected to put pressure on schools in the inner city, as well as the northern and western suburbs, as Victoria looks to find classroom space for an extra 100,000 children in the next decade. But a school in the city's inner west says chances are being missed to acquire land in the area to prepare for long-term population growth, while education authorities refuse to act until the existing nearby school is nearly full. Data from Informed Decisions, which tracks population growth for school planners and local councils, shows 17 suburbs across Melbourne's outer north and western fringe, from Wallan to Werribee South, are set to add about 63,000 school aged children by 2035. But the growing pains will be most acute in inner-city areas flagged for more apartments such as Box Hill " where the primary school age…...

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2+ hour, 4+ min ago (22+ words) Mosman High School in Sydney has seen a change in uniform policy which bans students from wearing leggings The Sydney Morning Herald...