Search results

I would like to think that median house prices are tied to affordability, which depend on median (not mean!) incomes (follow link from the Ian Somers interview). But the relationship is certainly not clear and other factors are at play. * For example, Kalgoorlie has high mean wages and...

I think my teachers avoided billions ;) Your teachers used the 'American' billion - ie 1000 million, 1,000,000,000 or 10^9 The British million is a million million, ie 1,000,000,000,000 or 10^12 Every Australian government and private sector document I've seen uses the American billion...

This is spot on. Apart from the massive Rockingham City Shopping Centre, there are no real community centres or meeting points in Rockingham. Possible exceptions are the shops at Rockingham Beach and Shoalwater, but these are in older areas remote from the new estates. The area...