Vic: Victoria in a building permit boom

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2005
Vic: Victoria in a building permit boom

Victoria's building industry is still booming and is expected to again break the 15
billion dollar mark for the year.

Figures just issued by the state government show more than 1.4 million dollars of building
permit activity was recorded last month.

Last year's total building permit activity was 15.7 billion and this year it's expected
to reach 15.2 billion.







Acting Planning Minister JOHN LENDERS says the November result .. in a strong calendar
year .. shows the building industry's performing well across the state.

Building permit activity in provincial Victoria this year totalled 3.5 billion .. compared
to 3.4 billion for the year-to-date last year.

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KEYWORD: BUILDING VIC (MELBOURNE)

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