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First femme PM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... government policies? How will the Gillard government act on the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), health, education, immigration, and the myriad other issues facing the government - any government - especially in a world of continued uncertainty. Is Julia ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... 28 April 2005 issue of 'The Economist' printed that because of the 'low' unemployment rate, 'Amanda Vanstone, the immigration minister, said that Australia would take in 140,000 immigrants in 2005-06, 20,000 more than last year and the biggest number ...

Signs of a residential property recovery

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... will help maintain the momentum. Because of a shortage of housing (a result of reduced building activity and high immigration numbers) the rental market has tightened. According to ANZ, real rents rose by four per cent in 2008. Lower interest costs and ...

Green sprouts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... PM Howard won the election with then Treasurer Costello claiming bragging rights. Heck, Australia was even easing immigration rules because we were running out of workers and had to resort to human importation. That was at 5.6 per cent unemployment! ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... 28 April 2005 issue of 'The Economist' printed that because of the 'low' unemployment rate, 'Amanda Vanstone, the immigration minister, said that Australia would take in 140,000 immigrants in 2005-06, 20,000 more than last year and the biggest number ...

More bombshells before the recovery

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... credit crisis, the local economy will be buoyed by terms of trade levels better than those in the US and the UK, record immigration fuelling consumer spending and the massive backlog of construction work guaranteeing government spend regardless of the ...

Super funds fight for human rights

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... the UK since May last year. The Ethical Council called attention to systematic human rights abuses at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Center in London last year, which is managed by Sodexo's subsidiary Kalyx. And after just 19 months of discussions ...

Population growth hits 36 year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... recorded in a calendar year. But the number deaths also experienced their biggest increase to reach 137,800. Net overseas immigration at 184,400 is also running at record highs being the highest level in 19 years. Indeed one of the great ironies during ...

FBI sting catches $2.4bn mortgage fraud

The US Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) swooped down Wall Street after charging more than 400 individuals for mortgage-related fraud and booked two ex-Bear Stearns hedge fund managers with conspiracy and securities fraud. ...

House prices 30 pct overvalued

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... shortage. Housing construction is currently running around 30,000 dwellings pa below annual underlying demand driven by immigration and natural population growth. This is more than evident for anyone who wants to rent accommodation. "Secondly, Australia ...