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Midday market wrap: local shares, bonds lower

... yield on the benchmark 10-year bond rising 6 points to 5.55%. A report from the ABS showing a 6.2% rise in building approvals in May further contributed to an unwinding of rate cut expectations. The Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6635, a little ...

Building approvals rise 6.2% in June: ABS

Australian building approvals rose 6.2 per cent to 14,604 units in June, seasonally adjusted, from an upwardly revised 13,757 units in May, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has reported. This puts the number of new houses in the pipeline at ...

Australia's economic growth rate to pick up: Westpac

... 4% annualised pace in the first half of 2003. All four components of the index rose in May with residential building approvals up 1%, non-residential building approvals up 17.3%, the share price index up 0.1% and the level of real money supply up 1.5%. ...

Retail trade rises by 0.2% in May: ABS

... retailers (sourced from a sample) increased by 4.1%. Meanwhile, the ABS also announced the latest statistics for building approvals across Australia, which showed that the number of total dwelling units approved during May rose by 1% as compared with ...

Annualised domestic growth rate jumps to 6.2%: Westpac

... in the real money supply were among the reasons cited for the jump in growth. A 22% rise in non-residential building approvals was another reason for the sharp rise in April, Westpac said. "Taken at face value this sharp improvement in the series points ...

South Australia building approvals surge 41.1%: ABS

The number of building approvals for dwelling units in South Australia increased by 41.1% from February to March 2003, representing an increase from 745 to 1,051, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The number ...

Building approvals rise 4.7% in March 2003: ABS

... (March 2002 to March 2003), according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data released today. Building approvals for private sector houses was 8,196, a fall of 7.1% from February 2003 to March 2003, and a decrease of 15.1% for the year. ...

Building approvals fall by 4% in February: ABS

The total number of building approvals in Australia during February fell by 4 per cent from January to 12,743 units, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data released today. This is also a 3.1% decrease in the number of building approvals ...

Housing approvals fall by 2.1% in January: ABS

... the property boom. This represents a 3% decrease compared to January 2002. The number of private sector house building approvals for January fell by 0.5% to 8,910 compared to the figure for December 2002, This figure represents a 10.7% decrease over ...

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REI Super chief executive steps down

ELIZA BAVIN

REI Super is farewelling its chief executive Jarrod Coysh, after more than seven years in the role.

Former Brighter Super investment lead plots return

MATTHEW WAI

After a six-month hiatus, former Brighter Super chief investment officer Mark Rider is returning to the superannuation industry, set to join another super fund next month.

CGT, negative gearing changes to become a law

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

The government's tax agenda announced in the Budget overhauling the capital gains tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing have now passed the Parliament and will become law.

BUSSQ beefs up cyber security oversight

MATTHEW WAI

The Queensland industry fund has welcomed a cyber security expert to its board of trustees, bolstering its oversight on heightened cyber security risk.

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