Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
The volume of housing finance commitments to owner occupiers increased for the eighth consecutive month in November, up 1.4% over the month and 4.6% over the year. Of course, from a housing market perspective it is important to separate owner occupier commitments for refinances and non-refinances. Refinances create business for ...
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Sunday, July 10th, 2011
More details of the carbon tax trickle out ahead of the Federal Government's big announcement which is just hours away.
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Friday, July 8th, 2011
Federal MPs have used the last Question Time before the winter break to focus on who will pay the carbon tax.
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Tough year ahead on slower lending growth, bad debts. 30 Jun 2011 8:05 PM
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Monday, June 6th, 2011
Some fevered jotters appear desperate to grab a headline ahead of the RBA's monthly board meeting. 6 Jun 2011 7:08 AM
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Sunday, May 1st, 2011
Rate rises set to deliver strong interim figures. 29 Apr 2011 7:18 PM
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
The Reserve Bank of Australia says it is closely watching for a pick-up in the resources boom ahead of its next move on interest rates.
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Sunday, February 6th, 2011
The New South Wales Greens have launched a campaign ahead of next month's election to pressure the major parties into promising not to sell off state assets.
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
The State Emergency Service at Mount Isa says it has been kept busy sandbagging ahead of Cyclone Yass's expected arrival in the city later tonight.
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Saturday, January 8th, 2011
Broad-based falls have left Australian shares nearly half a per cent lower at noon, with many investors sitting on the sidelines ahead of the release of key US jobs data.At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 22.4 points, or 0.47 per cent, at 4,702.6 points, while the broader ...
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