By Paul Hemsley A key economic indicator from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s securities arm Commsec has confirmed that continued political uncertainty ahead of the federal election this year is acting as a handbrake on business investment, which has been impeding the prosperity of the state economies. The latest quarterly
23 July, 2013
By Julian Bajkowski Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has used his annual speech to the CeBIT conference to launch the federal government’s National Cloud Computing Strategy ahead of a looming election campaign where broadband enabled technologies are set to be a key battleground. The wide-ranging tome sets out a raft of policy actions that Senator […]
29 May, 2013
By Julian Bajkowski Payments juggernaut BPAY has moved swiftly to defend its market share in the core local and state government sectors ahead of a heavily-hyped attempt by mail monopoly Australia Post to renter the electronic payments and bill presentation markets to arrest a terminal slide in revenue from paper mail. As the national postman […]
9 April, 2013
By Paul Hemsley The latest quarterly State of the States economic report from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s securities arm, CommSec has found that Western Australia has the strongest state economy but still lags in residential development. The previous State of the States report from CommSec in October 2012 found that New South Wales and […]
22 January, 2013
By Paul Hemsley The quarterly ‘State of the States’ economic performance report from Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s securities arm, CommSec, has found that New South Wales and Queensland are falling behind on urban development. Population growth in NSW is the third lowest among the states and territories, resulting in the lack of development and expansion […]
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