This week heaps of great stories came out – and it wasn’t just everyone talking about the Rate Rise (although, a few people tipped it in our blog post before the rate rise!). Tradies impacting renovations and Australia getting pumped for a boom were pretty hot topics this week – check out our picks for the week.

Australia gears up for boom
BIS Shrapnel’s Long Term Forecast Report says that Australia is officially out of the financial crisis! (read more)

Help Kids with Cancer: Camp Quality Charity Golf Day — Aussie Blog
Aussie’s Gosford store has sponsored a charity golf day for Camp Quality coming up on March 11th. (read more)

Shock in trade as tradesmen’s cost on the rise
Will we see a rise in homegrown Mr-And-Mrs-Fixits? Tradies are now becoming more expensive due to a skills shortage. Will you be able to afford renovations? (read more)

Marc Fennell: you can buy real estate on the moon!
Marc Fennell shares something interesting if plain old Planet Earth doesn’t keep you interested – buying a chunk of the moon! (read more)

(And, in case you missed it last week):
Aussie has been recognised as one of the country’s top 10 fastest growing franchises in BRW Magazine’s annual Fast Franchises list. Congratulations to everyone on the Aussie team! (read more)

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