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State governments must divest energy networks: CEDA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... areas are other key areas explored. To maintain Australia's economic prosperity and ensure we continue to create high paying jobs of the future, Australia needs a genuine growth agenda to improve our competitiveness, increase economic flexibility and ...

Swiss say no to universal basic income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... basic income (UBI). Supporters said providing such an income would help fight poverty and inequality in a world where good jobs with steady salaries are becoming harder to find, whereas detractors say if you pay people to do nothing they will do exactly ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... fastest pace in eight months - 157,942 - the highest in four years - in May after dipping by 0.6% in the previous month. Jobs advertised on the internet went up by 2.6% in the month of May while newspaper job ads continued their decline, down 12.6% last ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... of laying the groundwork for an eventual interest rate increase this month (maybe next) with Fedspeak, the 38K addition in jobs last month - the lowest since September 2010 and lower than the bottom range of market expectations for a 110K pick up - has ...

QIC appoints board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... and retail training places for locals," Pitt said. "The partnership will provide trained workers for the estimated 1000 new jobs to be created by a $500 million redevelopment of the shopping centre. "QIC is also the largest shareholder in the Brisbane ...

PE and VC critical to Aussie growth: AVCAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... increasing the pool of capital available for investment in startups and high growth businesses will help lift economic and jobs growth, as well as generate strong returns for superannuation funds and other investors. "High growth companies will have ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... than expectations for an improvement to 97. Details of the report show that the proportion of respondents expecting less jobs in the coming months increased to 18.1% in May from 16.7% in April. Eurozone CPI inflation Flash estimates show that headline ...

Industry super fund establishes insurance company

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... emergency services workers wouldn't be able to access appropriate insurance cover. "These people perform some of the toughest jobs in the community, and we want to be able to help them create insurance cover that works for them, that they can also change ...

ISPT increases stake in Brisbane mall

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... April it was announced Mandurah Forum in Western Australia will be redeveloped, doubling its size and creating about 1000 jobs during construction and more than 700 ongoing retail jobs on completion. The transformation is to open in 2018. The joint venture ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... month. While hiring continues to grow - employment growth quickened to 2.1% in the year to April from 2.0% in March - the jobs make up is less flattering with part-time employment accounting for all of the increase over the past two months, providing ...