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Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... year-on-year. Home values in Hobart registered the biggest increase (3.0%) in the June month, followed by Sydney (2.6%), Canberra (2.4%), Brisbane (1.9%), Adelaide (1.6%), Melbourne (1.5%), Darwin (0.8%) and Perth (0.2%). The AiG Performance of Manufacturing ...

Homebuyer schemes speed up saving time

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... financial year. Over the financial year, Darwin saw the highest annual rate of growth at 21% followed by Hobart (19.6), Canberra (18.1), Sydney (15%) and Adelaide (13.9%). "This is the highest annual rate of growth seen across the Australian residential ...

Wilsons adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... Craigs acting chief executive, continues on the board." The latest development comes after Wilsons opened an office in Canberra earlier this year. As such, Tim Anderson and Richard Taylor joined Wilsons' private wealth advisory team.

Chief economist update: Thank you, my frenemy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
China's still not taking calls from Canberra and has severed diplomatic contact under the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue and the rhetoric, threats and/or measures limiting/banning imports of Australian products into its shores remain ...

More super tax concessions on table

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... high-income earner and age 67. "What sort of political representative sets out thinking about what they want to achieve in Canberra and their top priority is to give themselves a pay rise?" Watts suggested Hanson would have at least a $30,000 "pay rise" ...

Chief economist update: How do you solve a problem like Australia's housing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... Sydney (+6.1%) and Melbourne (+5.1%). Property prices also rose in Perth (+5.2%), Brisbane (+4.0%), Adelaide (+4.0%), Canberra (+5.6%), Hobart (+6.1%), and Darwin (+4.7%)." That was the March 2021 quarter. We already know from the timelier stats - courtesy ...

Putting the local property boom in perspective

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... increase in the year. However, Australia's housing market is still running hot led by the markets in Perth, Sydney and Canberra, according to Knight Frank. While the one-year growth rate was behind many nations, the six month growth rate in prices of ...

No big losers in FY22 budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... enhance women's economic security and a $15 billion infrastructure spend. Delivering the 2021/22 federal budget in Canberra this evening, Frydenberg declared Australia better placed than just about any other country to meet economic challenges that ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is the glue that binds China and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... for Brazil is heaven sent for Australia. Despite the escalation of diplomatic and trade tensions between Beijing and Canberra, China cannot get enough of Australia's biggest commodity export. Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) figures show ...

Count snaps up three former MLC firms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... Pembroke, following the prior appointments of Ascent Private Wealth, Venture Financial Advisers and Plan Protect. They are a Canberra-based firm led by Darren Stevens, who has over 20 years' experience as a financial adviser. "The biggest drawcard for ...