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CPI down 2.4% in year to December 2003

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
Inflation dropped slightly to 2.4% in the year to December despite strong rises in the prices of food and holidays. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said prices rose 0.5% in the three months to December, giving an annual inflation rate of 2.4%, down ...

Home building up, merchandise imports down in September quarter

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2003
Home building activity picked up in the three months to September, the first rise in a year, new figures showed today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said the number of new homes begun in the September quarter rose 5.5 per cent after falling ...

Full steam ahead for growing BOQ

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2003
Bank of Queensland Ltd continues to steam ahead as Australia's fastest growing bank, reporting its highest sales ever last week despite interest rate hikes and a property market slow-down. Speaking after the bank's annual general meeting in Brisbane ...

AMP expands commercial and consumer finance offering

AMP Banking has expanded its product range, announcing today it will distribute a range of GE commercial and consumer finance products. AMP Banking managing director Michael Guggenheimer said the additional products complement AMP's existing range and ...

Two disqualified directors sentenced following ASIC probe

Separate investigations by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have led to the sentencing of two NSW company directors, charged with managing a corporation whilst disqualified. David Christopher Novak, also known as David Jovcevski ...

Commonwealth Bank chief calls for raised labour productivity

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
The head of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has called for improved labour force productivity before the nation's ageing population becomes a drag on prosperity. CBA chief executive David Murray said the clock was ticking as baby boomers headed ...

Merchandise imports rise to $11.84 billion: ABS

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2003
Merchandise imports rose three per cent in October to $11.84 billion as the higher Aussie dollar pushed down the price of imported goods. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said imports rose $350 million in the month. Imports of food and live ...

Manufacturing boosted by domestic demand

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
Solid domestic demand has helped lift the Australian manufacturing sector in October, an index released today showed. The Australian Industry Group-PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) rose in October to 57.5 points ...

Former Tasmanian director sentenced to three years jail

A former director of DJF Pty Ltd, was sentenced today to three years imprisonment subject to a recognizance release order to take effect after 18 months, ASIC has reported. Six charges of fraud were made against Mark Anthony Johnstone of Tamworth, NSW ...

Import price index dips 3.4% in the September quarter: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has said the import price index for all groups of goods, commodities and transactions had a negative 3.4 per cent change from the June quarter of 2003 to the September quarter. The change in the import price ...