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ASIC winds up illegal land banking scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... The court found the investment scheme, which related to the purchase of land at Lot 2, 615 Hume Highway in Beveridge, Victoria, was not registered under the Corporations Act and subsequently has been ordered to be wound up. The decision comes after ASIC ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... easing of restrictions, and back to infection - the second wave? This cycle hit home when the outbreak broke out again in Victoria, Australia forcing the state government to impose Stage 4 restrictions, and the country's other states to close their ...

Chief economist update: Second wave threatens an oil spill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... pandemic could help it. The second waves doing the rounds in many countries - notably, close to home in the state of Victoria in Australia and very recently, New Zealand - have prompted renewed social distancing restrictions and business shutdowns. While ...

Finance employees remain fearful

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... concerns about returning to the workplace. Overall workforce confidence has fallen over the past fortnight, driven by Victoria being placed back into lockdown. Overall workforce confidence dropped by four points to +20 (on a scale of -100 to +100), down ...

Chief economist update: Forecasting is futile

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... afraid... The survey was conducted from July 22-31 - before the Andrews government declared a "state of disaster" in Victoria and imposed Stage 4 restrictions on Melbourne on August 2 and Stage 3 on regional Victoria, and; before infections started to ...

GPT bleeds $520 million

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... government's commercial tenancy Code of Conduct as well as those not eligible for assistance. Fresh Stage 4 restrictions in Victoria have now created additional uncertainty over future collections, it said. Johnston said the group had continued to engage ...

BGH Capital closes in on theme park deal

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... reopening in conjunction with no border restrictions prohibiting tourists entering Queensland from New South Wales or Victoria. The Village Roadshow-owned cinemas in Victoria are currently closed and its theme parks in Queensland are operating at a 50% ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... Perth and 15% to Sydney." In addition, this headline from the Herald Sun newspaper: "Coronavirus: Tradies will abandon Victoria as building economy plunges over next two years" as "Chippies, brickies and tilers are expected to abandon Melbourne and go ...

Chief economist update: The V in recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... from Factset, but AiG's performance indices show the same V-letter shape. Then again, V also stands for the state of Victoria in Australia - which has recently implemented a Stage 4 lockdown that's expected to last until 13 September this year ...

Chief economist update: The RBA's lullaby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... most of Australia." "This recovery is, however, likely to be both uneven and bumpy, with the coronavirus outbreak in Victoria having a major effect on the Victorian economy." Unlike the Federal Treasury's July Economic and Fiscal Update (JEFU) -- ...