PETE WARGENT is the co-founder of AllenWargent property buyers (London, Sydney) and a best-selling author and blogger.
His latest book is Four Green Houses and a Red Hotel.
The distant beating of jungle drums is getting just that bit harder to ignore as the Australian economy continues to pick up the pace.
It's true that the much stronger jobs figures seen in 2017 are a lagging indicator, but job vacancies surveys are pointing to good things ahead.
And now the timely business survey from National Australia Bank (NAB) is turning north towards further gains.
The reading for business confidence rose to +9, in June 2017 well ahead of the long run average of +6.
And business conditions have stormed to +15, which is the highest reading in 9 years and follows the other key measure of conditions already reported.
The long run average reading for the series is +5.
Granted things promptly got worse last time we reached these heights, but this survey now sits a world away from the stuttering results of 2014.
PETE WARGENT is the co-founder of AllenWargent property buyers (London, Sydney) and a best-selling author and blogger.
His latest book is Four Green Houses and a Red Hotel.