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Population hits 21.2 million

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
Australia's population is now 21.2 million after growing 1.6 per cent in the year to December. During the year 285,000 people were born, 138,000 died, and a net 184,000 people moved to Australia. Natural population increases due to births less deaths ...

Emissions trading won't fix climate change: expert

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Emissions trading won't lower emissions production as all it does is force up the profits of carbon producers particularly energy producers, argues the German MP who pioneered their feed-in tariff electricity system. Hans -Josef Fell, a leading Greens ...

Car sales put on the brakes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
Car sales, a leading indicator for retail consumption, have finally begun to slow down. According to the ABS, the April 2008 trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales decreased 0.4 per cent to 89,775 compared with March. The fall continues a trend ...

From cash to prosperity: AFA

Financial planners will be given a helping hand at this year's Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) national forum by some of the planning industry's best to set them on their paths to success. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the AFA said this ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas overnight, with Wall Street up but base metals down in London. But in Sydney, the futures index was up. At 0805 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was up eleven ...

Awareness week for planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
Across Australia, the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) 31 chapters are getting ready promoting the benefits of financial advice ahead of Financial Planning Week. The Financial Planning Week, which has been running for eight years, occurs from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower following a sell off on Wall Street and drops in base metals prices in London overnight. At 0745 AEST, on the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was down 74 points at 5,582. In local ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
The Australian stock market was lower at noon, on a day of lower trading volumes, with resource companies leading declines after commodity prices fell overnight. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 37.4 points, or 0.67 per cent, to ...

Ernst & Young unites

Ernst & Young will integrate all of its 87 country practices under one umbrella to reflect how businesses have changed from being country-specific to global by nature. The decision only affects offices in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East ...

Advisers graduate Synchron boot camp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
Advisers got dirty, sweaty and splattered with paintball shots at Synchron's Next Gen training course that yielded 14 new recruits to the firm's adviser base. "We've identified that younger advisers are a different creature in their training needs to ...