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AFA announces inaugural adviser of the year

... various levels of the Association, including two years as national vice president, two years as director for Victoria and Tasmania (Southern Region) and numerous committee positions at Regional, State and National level. "The Zurich Adviser of the Year ...

Tasmanian adviser faces 110 ASIC charges

A former financial adviser from Sandy Bay, Tasmania, appeared today in the Hobart Magistrates Court on a total of 110 charges brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ASIC alleges that between July 1995 and May 2003 Mervyn ...

Australian population grows 1.3% to 19,875,000: ABS

The population of Australia increase by 1.3 per cent for the past year to 19,875,000 people at end of the March quarter 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The increase was 262,000 over the previous year, with the highest growth ...

Unemployment rate dips 0.4% to 5.8%: ABS

The latest labour figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the nation's unemployment rate dipped 0.4 per cent from 6.2% in July 2003 to 5.8% in August 2003. The labour force participation rate has risen in that period ...

Job advertisements rise 1.5% in August: ANZ job advertisement series

The number of job advertisements in major metropolitan newspapers rose by 1.5 per cent in August, to an average of 21,081 per week, the highest level since February and 0.3% higher than in August last year. "The modest upward trend in job advertising ...

Deakin appoints new Victoria-Tasmania manager

Deakin Financial Services Group managing director Murray Hills has announced the appointment of Colin Scott as the manager for Victoria and Tasmania. Mr Hills said he was confident Mr Scott's knowledge and experience, gained over many years in the financial ...

Controversial Gunns timber company in healthy profits announcement

Controversial timber company Gunns Limited has today announced that it had recorded another successful year, increasing profits by 39 per cent to $74 million and investing more than $50 million in new capital expenditure to grow the business. Gunns ...

PSS/CSS calls for withdrawal of Gunns resolution

The Public Sector and Commonwealth Super (PSS/CSS) funds has called for the withdrawal or a delay in the resolution to alter Gunns Limited's articles of association to prevent development, clearfelling or selective logging of defined old-growth forest ...

National wage cost index rises 0.6% in the June quarter: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today released the latest figures on Australia's wage cost index for the June quarter, revealing a 0.6 per cent increase from the previous quarter. The change for the year was also highlighted as being 3.6% ...

New motor vehicle sales in Australia marginally lower for June: ABS

The number of new motor vehicle sales across Australia during June 2003 was 77,330, marginally lower than the figure for May (77,349), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The number of new passenger car sales during June was 50,132 ...