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MPG eyes commercial property

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... capital growth. They are new or near new and are located in areas targeted for infrastructure improvements and population growth," Trevor Gorman, chairman of MPG, said. The trust will initially invest in five commercial properties in Victoria including ...

Awash with water funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
Global demand for fresh water, driven by population growth, environmental concerns and agricultural demand, is transforming water management into a new alternative asset class, according to New Zealand based fund manager Liontamer Investments. Liontamer ...

A fund that holds water

... outstrips supply. Between 1990 to 1995, global freshwater consumption rose six-fold, more than twice the rate of population growth over the same period. Company valuations are also set to change depending on which companies become more efficient on the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
... highest increase in children born in Australia for 25 years with in excess of 135,000 newborns added. The annual population growth reached a five-year peak of 1.32 per cent helped by the biggest migrant intake for 17 years. In the quarter to September ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... was 5.4 per cent last year it is expected to be about 4.7 per cent this year. The impact of economic growth on population growth can be seen from ABS data that reveals that the resource rich states of Queensland and Western Australia have led the nation ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
... only marginally and those of local governments not at all. The World Bank has released a report on the future population growth and Economic distribution within the developing world saying that it now accounts for 40 per cent of manufacturing output ...

State Treasurer urges Victorians to back the 'Pies' for better economic times

... treasurer John Brumby has said that an AFL grand final win for Collingwood would boost Victoria's employment and population growth. Mr Brumby had earlier released a "detailed economic modelling" showing how a Collingwood win at Saturday's clash against ...

Productivity Commission in housing affordability paper for first home buyers

... range of potential influences on both the demand and supply sides of housing markets. These include underlying population growth and demographic changes, as well as broader macroeconomic developments and policy-related factors such as taxation, land ...

ABS releases population statistics for Australia

... 23 million and 31.4 million in 2051, and to between 18.9 million and 37.7 million in 2101. Australia's annual population growth rate has been growing over one per cent throughout the 1990's and early 2000's. This is due to natural increase, or an excess ...