ForewordbyDavidGonski.pdf (application/pdf Object) Housing prices up 1.9%, retail sales increase, Wall Street falls after consumer confidence declines: Economy Roundup. Housing prices have risen to their highest point during August since 2005, according to the latest figures from the RP Data-Rismark monthly index.
The index, which began four years ago, shows that housing prices increased by 1.9% during August, with the cumulative growth of the past eight months reaching 7.9%. "Underpinned by the strongest population growth since 1971, record housing shortages... historically low mortgage rates, favourable employment outcomes, and one of the world's most profitable banking systems, Australian home values have now extended 3.8% past their last February 2008 peak," Rismark International managing director Christopher Joye said in a statement. Housing prices in Melbourne and Sydney recorded the biggest growth, with gains of 11.6% and 8.6% respectively, with Darwin following with a growth rate of 9.7%.
Canberra followed with growth of 6.7%, trailed by Brisbane at 5.2%, Perth at 4.1% and Adelaide at 3.1%. Business News and Interviews on David Gonski. Gonski review Views & Research - The Conversation. Analysis and Comment (72) For most education watchers, this year has rushed by in a policy blur.
So much so that we thought we had better launch our very own shiny Education section just to help you keep on top of things. The launch… It’s been a big week for education. ABC. Gonski review delivers verdict on Australian schools Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 20/02/2012.
Appendix G.5. Review of the Australian Film Industry (David Gonski, chair) 1997. Canberra: DCITA. David Gonski. David Michael Gonski AC (born 7 October 1953) is an Australian public figure and businessman.
He is a leading philanthropist and Patron of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation. Early life and education[edit] Gonski was born in Cape Town, South Africa and his family migrated to Australia in 1961 in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre.[3] Gonski's father, Alexander, was a Polish neurosurgeon and a founding member of the New South Wales Golf Club at La Perouse.
His mother is South African Helene Blume. In a 2010 interview, Gonski recalls that one of his earliest recollections was his mother buying a lithograph by Australian artist, Charles Blackman; commenting that "...there's no doubt that my love for Australian art came from her. Directors’ responsibilities clearer after Centro case: expert. A court ruling that directors of troubled property company Centro breached their obligations by signing off on accounts later revealed to be misleading shines a light on director responsibilities, an accounting expert says.
Some company directors have raised the alarm on the ruling, with ASX Ltd and the Reserve Bank of Australia board member David Gonski telling The Australian that on the face of it, the decision “would appear to be increasing the burden on directors”. The Federal Court ruling centred on financial accounts, signed off by Centro directors in 2007, which were found to have not disclosed billions of dollars of short-term debt. Centro nearly collapsed that year, having embarked on a multibillion-dollar spending spree before the global financial crisis.
Fresh bid for Hakoah merger. THREE highly-respected businessmen have been urged to try to salvage a possible merger between Hakoah and the Double Bay Bowling Club (DBBC).
DBBC members voted in favour of a motion at the club’s annual general meeting on Sunday to force the board to meet with Westfield Group deputy chairman Brian Schwartz, Australian Stock Exchange chairman David Gonski and former senior director of McKinsey and Jewish Communal Appeal president David Balkin. The motion was put forward after talks between Hakoah and DBBC, about a possible amalgamation that would allow the DBBC to move to Hakoah’s 22,000 square metre property at White City, came to a grinding halt in July. The two boards had been working together for a year to develop plans that would meet the needs of both clubs but then DBBC’s board withdrew from the talks before consulting it’s membership. Platus said the club is divided but he still believes that an amalgamation is possible. Reserve Bank Board. The role, responsibilities and composition of the Reserve Bank Board are laid down in the Reserve Bank Act 1959.
Coordinated global searches in relation to Securency International PTY Ltd. Australia Regulator Declines to Probe Directors in RBA Units’ Bribery Case. Australia’s main stock market regulator said it won’t conduct a formal investigation of company directors involved in a federal bribery probe at note- printing units of the central bank.
Securency arrests are the first real test for Australian anti-bribery and corruption laws. Australia's anti-bribery and corruption laws are about to get their first real test in court with the arrest and charging of six people for alleged bribery of foreign officials, and the charging of Securency International Pty Ltd and Note Printing Australia Limited with the same offence.
The alleged bribery of foreign officials Securency manufactures and sells the polymer banknote technology to other countries. Note Printing Australia does the printing. For the last two years the Australian Federal Police has been investigating their activities in procuring banknote contracts for Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. It's alleged the two companies used international sales agents to bribe officials in these three countries, with media reports suggesting the total sum could be nearly $50 million.
Media Release-Statement Concerning Securency International Pty Ltd and Note Printing Australia Ltd. News Item : Origin set to benefit from carbon tax.