Australian wine export revenue up for the first time in nine years: government agency
Booming Asian market for Aussie wines.
3 August, 2015
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Councils to sue Standard & Poors in new action
By Julian Bajkowski Australian councils burned by toxic investments in collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) from collapsed bank Lehman Bros. have escalated their legal action and will try and rope-in ratings agency Standard & Poors in their bid to recover losses of around $200 million. Litigation funder IMF said on Tuesday afternoon that it will file […]
16 April, 2013
Treasury head to warn of fiscal challenges
Secretary of the Treasury, Dr Martin Parkinson is expected to give a frank overview of how the global financial crisis will affect government budgets. Dr Parkinson’s presentation at the Australian Government Leadership Network, New South Wales on 6th September is anticipated to cover the impact of the global financial crisis (GFC) and its broad global […]
6 August, 2012
Spending in tough times
By Guy Callender In the wake of the global financial crisis (GFC), Australia has once again shown itself to be a 'lucky country'. Other countries had a very tough time during the GFC and many are still sweating as global economies struggle to emerge from the gloom of a sudden, sharp recession. High debt, high unemployment, […]
2 November, 2010
Economic growth a double-edged sword for sustainability
By Angela Dorizas Carbon emission reduction is a positive by-product of the current financial crisis and should spark further green investment, according to Macquarie University economics lecturer Ben Spies-Butcher. Speaking at a recent local government sustainability forum in Sydney, Dr Spies-Butcher said there was a love-hate relationship between economic growth and the environment. “While growth […]
2 November, 2009
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