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FPA offers free advice to farmers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... Sunraysia. The FPA approached the minister for agriculture, fisheries and forestry, Peter McGauran, in July and together with the Rural Financial Counselling Service Program created a taskforce to develop procedures and guidelines for the trial program. ...

Building BRICs

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... said, is still improving with increased GDP per capita, rising wealth of the middle class, and a massive migration from rural areas into the cities and urban areas, further supporting growth in these economies. "Here's a statistic for you...Merrill Lynch ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
... (copper-uranium) mine later this week, which seems to be lifting BHP as well as Rio Tinto. "There is also a degree of strength in the rural sector today, with Graincorp shares up over six per cent in early trade and Incitec Pivot up over five per cent ...

FPA lends farmers a helping hand

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
... Planning Association. Where professional financial planners add their expertise for the benefit of farmers, everyone in our rural communities will benefit," McGauran said. "Often farmers also need help with investments, life insurance and risk management ...

Economic round-up: Lead balloon lifts exports

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
... Australia heading towards its lowest goods and services deficit in four years. According to the ABS, in the 11 months to May non-rural and other goods exports rose by 14 per cent to $15.7 billion and rural goods were up by $0.1 billion over the same ...

Economic round up: weather winners and losers

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
... commercial energy users who almost ran out of gas last week. It seems that Mother Nature has finally turned her charms on to rural exports with record rainfalls in the southeastern grain-producing regions. According to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... Communications Minister Helen Coonan today announced that the Optus-Elders joint venture had been chosen to take broadband to rural and remote areas of the nation. At 1027 AEST shares in Optus-owner Singapore telecommunication were up three cents to ...

Economic round-up: RBA thumbs-up

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... The drought has only added to this trend in declining exports with a 29 per cent drop in cereal grains dragging the total rural export volumes down to 7 per cent. Yesterday's building approvals were more positive and although April's 8.1 per cent rise ...

Skandia upsizes business development team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... development manager responsible for managing a number of key relationships held with financial planning practices in Melbourne and rural Victoria. "We are delighted that Adam and Samantha have decided to join our retail business development team as we ...

Not easy being green

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... expected for working families and business will receive a kiss-and-make-up tax deal in the Federal Budget, but our four-legged rural residents might just be put on notice as part of the Budget's environmental contingencies. For 18 months companies with ...