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Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... pressures, and you would invariably get 100 different answers. In Cambodia they ask the royal cows. Heavily reliant on agriculture, Cambodia's ancient ploughing ceremony involves astrologers feeding royal cows a selection of dishes. The cows' culinary ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
... imports of goods and services that acted to reduce GDP by 1.4 percentage points. At the industry level it was the agriculture, forestry and fishing industries that detracted from the result to the order of 0.3 per cent. This latter result is what we ...

Agribusiness cops a caning from ATO

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... current tax concessions. At this stage forestry investments will not be affected. The move comes after Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Peter McGauran told ABC Radio in July last year that he held reservations about the agribusiness MIS ...

Employment mobility figures revised

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... and restaurants (38 per cent). Ten years or more of service was most likely to come from the following industries; Agriculture, forestry and fishing (51 per cent), Electricity, gas and water (42 per cent), Education (38 per cent) and Government administration ...

Citigroup puts a cost on climate change

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... Barrier Reef, livestock face less pasture and heat stress problems and reduced flows to key river systems threatens agriculture and GDP generally. Following the Australia Business Roundtable call for early action, the Australian Business Council now ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... billion at a time when farmers have paid an additional 40 per cent in interest costs. The NFF says that Australian agriculture which provides about 20 per cent of the nation's goods and a services and contributes about 12.1 per cent of GDP while supporting ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
... the ABS has revealed the economic cost of ensuring the upkeep of the nation's natural resources that are used for agriculture. During the period 2004-05 farmers spent about $3.3 billion on natural resource management with more than $1.1 billion spent ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2006
... output is expected to fall by more than 5 per cent this year to its lowest level for three years, the US Department of Agriculture is reported to have said last week. Adding to the price pressure, the Australian winter harvest is anticipated to be down ...

China growth an uneven story: Keating

... is still a developing country and still a relatively poor one. Fifty per cent of the people are still involved in agriculture and GDP per capita is still only US$1,700. So the picture that this thing is a burgeoning giant with wealth running everywhere ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
... the US they were in the 20 per cent zone, in the 30-40 per cent range in Europe and beyond 50 per cent in Japan. US Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns criticized India for having highly protected markets although India has replied that having 98 per ...

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APRA investigating Diversa's executive compensation

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
APRA has commenced an investigation into if Diversa's executive remuneration decisions were made in accordance with prudential standards and trustees' duties under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act.

Kudu continues Australian expansion with fresh investment

MATTHEW WAI
Kudu Investment Management has acquired a minority stake in a Sydney-based financial advisory business mere days after an identical transaction with Drummond Capital Partners.

Apex takes on Mercer's NZ fund admin business

VINNY VUCAGO
Apex Group has expanded its presence in New Zealand, agreeing to onboard Mercer New Zealand's fund administration operations as part of its broader growth strategy across Australasia.

Aware Super ups stake in retirement village asset

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Aware Super has increased its ownership in Keyton, Australia's largest owner and operator of retirement villages, to 75% by acquiring Lendlease's interest of 25.1%.

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