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Westfield announces 7.5% rise in profits of its Brisbane shopping centre

... Trust, Brisbane's largest regional shopping centrenet operating profit was $12.3 million, a rise of 7.5 per cent over the figure for the same period last year. The 112,000 square metre shopping centre generates sales of over $472 million through its ...

Senator Coonan claims Labor's Senator Sherry has 'hole in his logic'

Senator Helen Coonan, the federal minister for revenue and the assistant treasurer, fired her own broadside in the continuing saga of verbal battles between her office and that of opposition Senator Nick Sherry, in replying to recent criticism by Senator ...

Midday market wrap: $A strengthens following ABS jobs data

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2003
Stocks on the Australian share market were down by noon today, but trading was healthy as investors saw the market as a safe haven on the anniversary of September 11. By 1203 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 11 points at 3205.4, while ...

Federal Treasurer Costello indicates that the economy is very strong

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello said that today's job figures indicated that the domestic economy was very strong. Official figures which revealed that the jobless rate is at a 13-year low at just 5.8 per cent. "It indicates that the domestic economy ...

Buoyant housing lending finance figures for July: ABS

Housing lease finance across Australia rose 14.9 per cent from June to July 2003, from $461 million to $530 million according to statistics revealed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Meanwhile, housing finance for owner occupation rose 3.4% ...

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 ...

Domestic job figures to give new clues to economy

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2003
The latest unemployment figures to be released today will give further clues to the underlying strength of the economy following signs of growing consumer confidence. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute survey found consumer confidence has hit a nine-year ...

Challenger posts $21.3 million net profit

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2003
Challenger Financial Services Group (formerly CPH Management Ltd) today unveiled a significant increase in 2002-03 net profit; $21.32 million for the year ended 30 June 2003, up from $8.66 million in the previous year. "The profit reflected the growth ...

Median forecast for housing finance by volume predicts flat outcome

The number of home loan approvals has remained steady at record levels in July while the median forecast for Australian housing finance by volume is for a flat outcome but predictions range from a 3.5 per cent rise to a 2% fall. Commonwealth Bank's ...

Mixed results for Macquarie's tollway projects for August 2003

... that average daily tolled traffic on the Eastern Distributor (MI) for August 2003 was 3.3% higher than August 2002. The figure was a 4.6% increase for State-wide Roads M4 between August 2003 and August 2002. Average daily toll revenue (net of GST) for ...