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Australian service industries pick up pace of activity: survey

... two-thirds of the domestic economy and annual growth in the service industries, excluding government administration and defence, slowed from 3.4 per cent to 2.3% during 2002/03. "The readings from the Australian PSI suggest the services sector is expanding," ...

Westpac Office Trust consolidates Sydney office tower construction projects

... comes hot on the heels of the $88 million equity raising recently completed by Westpac in respect of the Department of Defence land at Moorebank, which was substantially over-subscribed.

Towers Perrin blasts Government decision to "ignore" super

... Australia's complex retirement system has fallen into the "politically too hard basket". While the prominence given to defence and national security are justifiable given the recent global geopolitical events, Towers Perrin said in its latest 'SuperNews' ...

ING Industrial fund to construct $100 million business park in NSW

... Management Limited has agreed to buy a 25.8 hectare site at Moorebank, New South Wales for $37.2 million from the Department of Defence, it has announced. The real estate purchase on behalf of the ING Industrial Fund will be used to construct the Yulong ...

Morning market wrap: War takes centre stage

... state of uncertainty as the war in Iraq may take longer than expected. Demand for bonds and gold has also gone higher. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has come under criticism from the way the coalition offensive is being handled as experts argue ...

APRA springs to defence of insurers on indemnity costs

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) today said that the rising premiums for professional indemnity insurance are essential to secure the prudential safety of the insurance industry, and are not the result of profiteering by insurance ...

ASFA lambasts government on super tax policy

... living up to its election commitments to provide a better retirement future for Australians." ASFA said that spending on defence in the forthcoming budget should not be at the expense of the retirement benefits of the "greying army" of baby boomers who ...

Economist says current account deficit figures are "disturbing"

... the crisis in Iraq, Dr. Simes said that a long-term war would be a waste in production effort and would directly impact defence expenditures and create a fall in tourism revenue. Dr Simes recently completed a survey of the nation's economic health for ...

Economist says current account deficit figures are disturbing

... the crisis in Iraq, Dr. Simes said that a long-term war would be a waste in production effort and would directly impact defence expenditures and create a fall in tourism revenue.