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Rebalancing growth smoothly Australia's key challenge: Bloxham

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... to support a recovery in housing and retail, while a fairly steady A$ and rising Asian incomes should see a pick-up in tourism," Bloxham forecasts. "A continued broadly steady A$ should also see some of the downward pressure on growth from the high exchange ...

Outcomes-based investing is the future for wealth creation sector: AMP

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... say it's too hard, Henaghan reminded delegates at the conference, held in Sydney, that other industries like Retail and Tourism were also being forced to either sink or swim. Henaghan suggested that funds could either beef up their internal investment ...

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... resources and iron ore that is traded," he said. "China has now overtaken the UK as the biggest contributor to Australian tourism behind New Zealand and other industries are growing as well." Against this backdrop the economist warned financial advisers ...

New CEO for Sydney de-sal after June refinance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... regulation and approval of more than $70 billion in Queensland-based projects spanning coal, gas, water, rail, power and tourism. Prior to that he was chief executive of WaterSecure, a Queensland-based Statutory Authority that owned the Western Corridor ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... demands for more austerity, reduced growth, social unrest, etc. The reverse is happening in the Philippines. The Philippine Tourism Authority must be on to something with its new ad for it's really looking like, "It's more fun in the Philippines." ================= ...

Return to surplus may hit big business

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... of the economy moving along as best as possible through the global economic uncertainty." Identifying retail, services, tourism and manufacturing as sectors struggling in current conditions, El-Ansary said the Treasurer's assessment that a surplus budget ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... agree. This is because given the rolling announcements of layoffs in the banking sector, the manufacturing sector, the tourism sector, the retail sector, etc., "large parts of the economy" are indeed showing "signs of weakness". And it'll only get weaker ...

Dam Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012
... Billabong, Westpac, ANZ and hot off the press today, Air Australia. These are a few of what I've googled so far. And oh, tourism operators, no big names yet I found...but they've been shedding jobs too. I don't know about the banks (and the rationales ...

RBA right to cut rates and correct to hold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... Domestic activity remains bipolar. Mining continues to roar while other sectors ex-mining - retailing and manufacturing and tourism -- whimper. International activity remains highly uncertain. While recent data show that the US is now trending in the ...

ASFA recognises super industry's best marcomms campaigns

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... first ever ASFA Comms Awards grand prize, Campaign of the Year. HOSTPLUS, the industry super fund for the hospitality, tourism, recreation and sport industries, also took home the awards for innovation of the year, best use of public relations, and brand ...