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Macfarlane optimistic on GDP growth in 2004

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2003
... next year. The RBA had expected GDP growth of 3.0 per cent earlier in the year, he told a parliamentary committee in Brisbane. "Over the course of 2004, we expect GDP to grow at 4.0 per cent," Mr Macfarlane said. "The profile of growth, however is unlikely ...

Brisbane has highest housing price increase for the year: ABS

Brisbane leads the nation's capital cities by recording the highest increase in housing prices with a 27.8 per cent rise in its house price index for the year to September 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Close on its heels is Canberra ...

Wattle saga sees another administrator sentenced

David Christopher Smith, a former director of Brisbane-based The Fund Administrators Pty Ltd (TFA) and Gold Coast company Spectrum Fund Administration Pty Ltd (Spectrum), was sentenced in the Brisbane District Court today. Mr Smith was convicted and ...

ACCC to discontinue Qantas airlines matter

... Airways Ltd have resolved Federal Court litigation concerning allegations that Qantas misused its market power on the Brisbane-Adelaide route after Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd's entry in December 2000. "The ACCC will discontinue the action, following ...

First home buyers housing affordability falls to record low

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
... September quarter (up 1.8 per cent). The affordability index declined most in Adelaide (down 13.7 per cent), followed by Brisbane (down 11.6 per cent). Geoff Austin, Executive General Manager, Mortgages and Investments at the Commonwealth Bank, said ...

Macquarie launches property syndicate for east coast investors

... major properties along the eastern seaboard of Australia. The five properties, in the prime CBD markets of Melbourne and Brisbane as well as the growth areas of Parramatta and St Leonards in Sydney, are high quality, major office buildings valued at ...

Gold Coast company director committed for trial: ASIC

... $10 million. The Daswani Group, which was involved in retail sales of jewellery, children's wear and surf clothing in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and Victoria, was placed in administration in late September and early October of 2000 ...

Recommitment to super issues being emphasised by federal politicians: ASFA

The recently concluded Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Brisbane has proven to be successful, with the association saying that it had been a good platform to air the views of the political parties on super, and it ...

Investec adds property specialist to Brisbane team

Investec have added property expert John Hollamby to its Brisbane team, effective from today, the boutique investment bank has announced. Mr Hollamby was formerly the head of Property and Construction Finance for ANZ in Brisbane, and had been with ANZ ...

Superannuation, a key nation-building goal: Coonan at ASFA Conference

... said that the Government's proposals for superannuation choice of funds was ideally geared to meet this demand. At the Brisbane-based conference on 13 November, she put forward a question in her speech to a range of representatives from government, the ...