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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... exploraor Southern Cross Goldfields Ltd (ASX: SXG) lists on the Australian stock exchange today. In Melbourne, the Energy & Water Regulation 2008 conference comes to an end today. Yesterday, the Australian share market posted its biggest one-day gain ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... Foxtel chief executives also will speak on future of the industry. In Melbourne, today is the second day of the Energy & Water Regulation 2008 conference, and in Broome, it is the last day of the Resource Development in the North West Kimberley Region ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... ASTRA annual subscription television conference is held in Sydney and, in Melbourne, it is the second day of the Energy & Water Regulation 2008 conference. In Broome, Western Australia it is the last day of the Resource Development in the North West ...

Water the next competitive frontier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... attract interest, especially where he argues for a huge step up in national competition policy, particularly in how we price water. "In addressing the Productivity Commission roundtable on the topic of Productive Reform in a Federal System nearly two-and-a-half ...

We knew it all along: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... occupying the driest inhabited continent on earth, whose populated areas appear to be getting even drier, with poorly developed water markets and unsophisticated adaptation programs. "We had discussed the challenges of living in one of the most energy-intensive ...

The looming inflationary upswing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
The good news is that inflation may be slowly tempering, but the bad news is that long term water prices may double and fuel prices may triple. Yesterday, the Reserve Bank in its monetary policy statement said, "There is tentative evidence that some ...

Retail profits, currency price cuts and ag-flation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... to help them grow it, but this just gives a tougher economic edge to the opportunity costs of not finally resolving our water management and climate change policy problems. The wheat price spikes are so strong that in some wheat exporting countries ...

Russell combines retail and insto

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... institutional investment consulting services," he said. "Our clients, industry consultants and associates no longer see the body of water between Australia and New Zealand as a dividing line. Closer integration of our Australian and New Zealand businesses ...

Reputex to tap $554bn sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
Reputex has released its Future Energy Index Series ahead of forecasts that revenue in global alternative energy and water industries will increase six-fold to $554 billion in 12 years. The Future Energy Index Series covers all aspects of the global ...

Cutting our energy usage has long way to go

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... transport use nonetheless increased albeit it is still at overall low levels. Even though households bare the political brunt of water conservation efforts, they accounted for only 11 per cent of the total water consumed in Australia in 2004-05, compared ...