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Mining may halt but football endures

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... Mining's Cadia Hill goldmine is to wait for on a decision whether it will receive 450 million litres of drought stricken Orange City's drinking water. The mine uses 1 million litres of water per every job that would be lost if the mine was forced to ...

Get outta town

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... residents staying put to expect to be "significantly inconvenienced." Rail and road closures, ferry cancellations, as well as city lock-downs are what can be expected for those who decide not to clear-off that weekend. It's not all bad news though - ...

Web videocalls invigorate rural banking and remote advice

... and regional Australia? "I think regional people are more open to new technology because we do without so much of what the city gets," said Dupe. "And if the technology doesn't work, everyone hears about it." Michelle Baltazar

ALP's broadband funding comes under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
... just the money that they're allocating. We won't see, this money will be taken away from the bush, it will be spent in the city and we won't see any improvement in the bush," Vaile said.

For women, by women

... has opened its flagship Superwoman Centre in Sydney, just walking distance from one of the busiest train stations in the city. Managing executive, Shari Mitchell, said that unlike traditional financial planning offices that have 'stuffy' interior decoration ...

Go green, go dim

... 28 of the major companies that signed up for Earth Hour are already part of the '3CBDs Greenhouse Initiative', run by the City of Sydney, with North Sydney and Parramatta City Councils, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A concerted effort can make ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... per cent and rent which tallied to a 1 per cent national increase. Further analysis reveals that Darwin leads the capital city inflation with an annual tally of 5 per cent with half a per cent growth over the last quarter and Perth comes second with ...

Courts continue to unwind Westpoint mess

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... winding up of another 13 companies, including Eastlands, Goldtag, Westpoint Money Management, Asset Build (Aust.), Cinema City Development, Westpoint Consulting Group, Jetstone, Network Company, Pagelight Nominees, Kingdream, Juson, Bridgeview Holdings ...

Super funds write off Cross City Motorway stakes

... Super funds State Super and the Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA) have written down their investments in the Cross City Motorway and assured fund members that potential losses will not have a material impact on their funds' total returns. ...

PIS' Edmondson wins 2006 AFA Adviser of the Year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2006
... executive officer. Troy Edmondson, the 2006 winner, is a senior partner with Professional Investment Services (PIS) at Logan City, a risk-only practice and one of the dealer group's most successful operations. Edmondson's risk practice has been operating ...