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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 ...

The Infrastructure Fund looking to add to Port of Newcastle purchase

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... world's largest coal export port. Last week, TIF and consortium partner China Merchants Group won the $1.75 billion New South Wales Government auction for the Port of Newcastle. This deal marked TIF's first purchase under new trustee arrangements with ...

Baird premiership represents infra opportunity: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has welcomed Mike Baird's rise to the role of New South Wales premier, saying it represents a "major opportunity" to progress infrastructure projects in the state. ISA, which lobbies on behalf of five of Australia's largest ...

Would Baird premiership mean 'poles and wires' sale?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
If Mike Baird becomes the new Premier of New South Wales, the privatisation of the state's electricity distribution infrastructure - the 'poles and wires' - may be back on the agenda. The sale of infrastructure assets would provide significant investment ...

ICAC grills Sinodinos on $20 million inducement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Former assistant treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has said it "never occurred" to him to disclose to New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell that he stood to earn a $10 to $20 million commission if Australian Water Holdings (AWH) won its bid to participate ...

PROFILE: Westpac GM of bank financial planning

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... Chesworth returned to his home town of Canberra and got a job on the inquiry desk of what was then the Bank of New South Wales. A lot has changed since then. "We had no telephone banking in those days, there were no computers, everything was done by ...

Finance broker pleads guilty to car scam identity theft

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... buy two cars, sell them to acquaintances and keep the cash from the sale. Riyanka Puteri Shiraz, of Canterbury, New South Wales, appeared before Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on 25 March 2014 and pleaded guilty to two fraud charges. She faces a ...

Macquarie adds Government Bond Fund to SIV suite

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... Territorial Governments and importantly, satisfies the $1.5 million Waratah Bond requirement for investors looking for New South Wales state sponsorship. "Previously, investors looking to live in NSW were required to apply separately to the government ...

Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... so," Watson said. The Labor MP admitted that AWH "murky dealings involve Labor dealings as well" and said that "New South Wales Labor has paid a price in relation to these dealings. "What we have here is clear indications that Liberal figures have been ...

Rubik appoints head of sales

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... Sivarajasingam were appointed business development managers and will look to deepen Rubik's presence in Queensland and New South Wales. Rubik managing director of wealth Wayne Wilson said the appointments follow a period of intense acquisition activity ...