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More donations to help Bushfire Appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... of the $50,000 donated by employees. Industry Super Funds will also donate $100,000 to the Victorian Government/Red Cross Fire Appeal. "Industry super funds have widespread coverage throughout Victoria and members are certain to be amongst those affected ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... this crisis. They just went and did. Had they debated whether or not to use depleted Melbourne's water reserve to douse the fire -- or whether there will be enough water for future generations to use - the inferno, disastrous as it was, would have been ...

Fin services firms support bushfire appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
St.George and Westpac are offering financial assistance to their banking customers affected by the bushfire in Victoria and, together with AMP and AXA, have donated at least $2.1 million to help those worst affected by the disaster. St.George Bank ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
Today, America and Canada held their annual Groundhog Day festivities to see whether spring would come early or winter will stretch six weeks more. Groundhog Day is rooted in ancient European folklore and purports that if a groundhog emerges from its ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The English version of Happy New Year has not worked for financial markets so far. Perhaps the Chinese one will. The web says that in Cantonese these words also mean 'may prosperity be with you.' Indeed, may prosperity be with us ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

Govt targets judge's super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... non-contributory arrangements paid to current sitting judges. The idea suggested by the Deferral Attorney General has drawn fire from legal groups saying that without the non-contributory super judges salaries will be too low and it will be much harder ...

Govt targets judge's super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... non-contributory arrangements paid to current sitting judges. The idea suggested by the Deferral Attorney General has drawn fire from legal groups saying that without the non-contributory super judges salaries will be too low and it will be much harder ...

Planners ignore property for profit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... normally have much left over for anything else," said Moses. The property sector - both listed and unlisted - has come under fire since last year primarily driven by the collapse of the LPT market. But some property experts have dismissed fears that ...

Don't worry, be happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... Perhaps. If people stop eating or using plant leaves for toilet paper. Perhaps. If people decide they no longer need power to fire up their computers, their plasmas or their lamps at night. 'We can't quite decide if the world is growing worse, or if ...