Australia Economy, Banks, Students, Migration, Property, Music & Tourism
Posted 28-06-2009 at 12:36 PM by connaust
Tags banks, intolerance, property, tourism, travel
International Monetary Fund has upgraded its outlook for the Australian economy this year, forecasting only a modest contraction in 2009 and a sharper rebound in 2010.
OECD Predicts Australia's downturn to be shorter than expected AUSTRALIA is set to soar out of its economic downturn sooner and more sharply than forecast in the budget, according to updated forecasts from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development understood to have the Australian Treasury's backing.
Top four Australian banks top world's ranking THE top Australian banks have moved from world minnows to majors in the space of just two years as the global recession has claimed the majority of the world's largest and once safest financial institutions. There are now only eight AA-rated banks in the world, and the Australian domestic brand names of CBA, NAB, ANZ and Westpac account for half.
Wounding the sacred cash cow Now that tensions have eased over the Indian student attacks, I thought I’d approach the topic to stimulate a real discussion about the issues at hand.
In a recent ABC News item about an Australian intolerance group on Facebook called F*** Off We're Full, I was quoted as blaming the Howard years for failing to educate Australians to be more tolerant of difference and to understand that egalitarianism need not be about sameness, but the equal right and opportunity to be different.
Property Outlook for Australian Property Markets Westpac but no comment on impact of higher unemployment and mortgage stress?
THE Victorian State Government will come under intense pressure to slash land tax bills in response to a market downturn that has sent property values plummeting. ?
JJJ Radio Australia Hottest 100 Music of all time competition.
Andrew Smith AIEC Australian International Education Centre is a certified “Aussie Specialist” with Tourism Australia
AIEC
OECD Predicts Australia's downturn to be shorter than expected AUSTRALIA is set to soar out of its economic downturn sooner and more sharply than forecast in the budget, according to updated forecasts from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development understood to have the Australian Treasury's backing.
Top four Australian banks top world's ranking THE top Australian banks have moved from world minnows to majors in the space of just two years as the global recession has claimed the majority of the world's largest and once safest financial institutions. There are now only eight AA-rated banks in the world, and the Australian domestic brand names of CBA, NAB, ANZ and Westpac account for half.
Wounding the sacred cash cow Now that tensions have eased over the Indian student attacks, I thought I’d approach the topic to stimulate a real discussion about the issues at hand.
In a recent ABC News item about an Australian intolerance group on Facebook called F*** Off We're Full, I was quoted as blaming the Howard years for failing to educate Australians to be more tolerant of difference and to understand that egalitarianism need not be about sameness, but the equal right and opportunity to be different.
Property Outlook for Australian Property Markets Westpac but no comment on impact of higher unemployment and mortgage stress?
THE Victorian State Government will come under intense pressure to slash land tax bills in response to a market downturn that has sent property values plummeting. ?
JJJ Radio Australia Hottest 100 Music of all time competition.
Andrew Smith AIEC Australian International Education Centre is a certified “Aussie Specialist” with Tourism Australia
AIEC
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