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Are we there now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... in November from 1.9% in the previous month and from 2.5% at the end of 2013. 'Twas good for the young ones too, with the youth unemployment rate dropping to 12.7% from 13.7% in October and 14.1% in December last year. Gains in average weekly hours worked ...

Stephen Godfrey awarded FPA adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... Association, Wadeye NT, for the Widening Horizons through work experience program for 18-25 year olds. Also to BackTrack Youth Works, Armidale NSW, for work experience and job readiness training in agriculture, aimed at young women aged 18 to 25 years ...

PROFILE: Head of Australian operations at Western Asset Management Anthony Kirkham

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... through this cheap rental deal and spent many a night sleeping in it. If there was a choice between going out or staying in a youth hostel, then the choice was sleeping in the car," he remembers. Returning to Melbourne, Kirkham went straight to work ...

Star managers launch fund-of-funds in support of children's charities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... Education Foundation, Lighthouse Foundation, Kids Helpline, Raise, The Mirabel Foundation, Variety, United Way Australia, Youth Off the Streets, Debra, Giant Steps, Youth Focus.

UK on the go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
"...somewhere in my youth, or childhood, I must have done something good." In his alone times, it wouldn't be surprising to catch imported Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney humming this tune from "The Sound of Music" to himself (perhaps at ...

Waiting for the ECB to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... all-time highs... and this hides depression-like 20%-plus rates of joblessness in member nations like Spain (25.9% overall with youth unemployment at 53.9%) and Greece (26.5% overall with youth unemployment at 56.9%). This would become a problem for ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... welfare. Australians under 30 years of age should be earning or learning. From next year, unemployed people under 25 will get Youth Allowance, not Newstart. People under 30 will wait up to six months before getting unemployment benefits, and then will ...

FICAP RockStar of the year crowned

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... crowd at the Beresford Hotel in Sydney's Surry Hills. The event raised more than $100,000 in aid of three charities: Weave Youth and Community Services, which works with disadvantaged and vulnerable young people, women, children and families; Redkite ...

LUCRF Super extends Community Partnership Trust to SA

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... Senator Anne McEwen officially launched the Community Partnership Trust in Port Adelaide on 2 July. She announced Western Youth Centre Inc., Pooraka Farm Men's Shed, Willo's Men's Shed and Zebra Finch Aboriginal Men's Group as South Australia's inaugural ...

Centric Wealth appoints new board member

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... Prime Minister in 2003 and in 2009 was Knighted by Pope Benedict XVI, for contributions to the Catholic Church and World Youth Day. Commenting on her latest role she said: "I believe sound financial advice is a very important component of the overall ...