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NSW govt promises $60 billion infrastructure spend

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
The New South Wales government has said it will spend more than $60 billion on infrastructure over the next four years. The majority of this would take place after the next election, and would rely on continued income from the 'asset recycling program' ...

Westpac appoints national Agribusiness GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... post since Jennings' retirement. Hannan most recently run the regional, commercial and agribusiness operations in New South Wales and regional commercial business in Queensland for Westpac's retail and business banking division (WRRB). Prior to that ...

Women to feel pain of scrapped LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... Industry Super Australia (ISA). Using figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), ISA calculated that in New South Wales, 43.3% of women will be affected by the scrapping of the LISC. In Victoria that figure was 46.1%, while in Tasmania it ...

Equipsuper removes CFO role, adds key staff

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... Spiteri has been a financial adviser at ANZ for about ten years, and she will serve Equipsuper's membership in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, which accounts for 20% of the fund's total membership. In a move to improve communications ...

NAB business growth manager joins Fortnum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) Wealth and MLC business growth manager for New South Wales will join Fortnum Financial Group as national sales manager. Joel Taylor will be responsible for building relationships with new and existing member firms, and ...

FEATURE: Bulldozing the infrastructure roadblocks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... the federal coffers. The measure is bound to increase the impetus for states already active in this area, like New South Wales and Queensland, to privatise brownfield assets. It will also serve as an incentive to get more reluctant states, such as Western ...

Former finance broker convicted for fraud

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... investigation from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Riyanka Puteri Shiraz, of Canterbury, New South Wales, admitted to using the identities of former clients to defraud a finance company to purchase two cars, sell them to ...

States urged to recycle infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... provided the proceeds go towards funding new infrastructure projects. Had the initiative been running when the New South Wales government sold the Port of Newcastle for $1.75 billion in April, it would have received an additional $260 million from the ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Budget speech 2014 -15

... activity and real jobs in local communities. Shovels will start moving within a matter of months. For example, in New South Wales construction on the $11 billion WestConnex project will start within 18 months. This means 10,000 new jobs. The $18 billion ...