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Research Shows Aussies on a Debt Binge

Australians have been binging on debt for the past 10 years and a growing number of home owners are experiencing financial stress, research shows.Household debt has increased across the population but income earning and wealth accumulation has shifted significantly from younger to older Australians, research by the Financial Services...

Tags: Financial, Income, Debt, Australian, Mortgages, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Capital Structures, AAP

News items 2008-08-15

Crown Expects Tougher Trading Conditions

Casinos operator Crown Ltd says tougher trading conditions will slow growth at its Australian operations this year and that it remains comfortable with its US arm, despite writing down the value of some of those investments.Crown, which was spun off from James Packer's gaming and media group Publishing and...

Tags: EBITDA, Casino, Australian, Games, Personal Technology, AAP

News items 2008-08-20

Retailers Urged to Ramp Up Online Trade

The Australian online launch of a US department store giant JCPenny is a wake up call to local retailers who generally have a poor internet presence with limited transaction facilities, independent researcher IBISWorld says.JCPenney his week launched a website tailored to Australians shoppers, with prices shown in Australian dollars,...

Tags: Retail Company, Mr., Australian, Transaction Facility, Retail, AAP

News items 2008-09-03

Trade Balance Returns to Deficit

Australia's trade balance returned to deficit in July as oil imports surged and coal exports declined.The Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday there was a trade deficit of $717 million in July, a turnaround of about $1 billion from last month's $351 million surplus.The median market forecast was...

Tags: Coal, Import, Economist, July, RBA, Australian, Corporate Governance, Investment, Free Trade, Financial Services, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, AAP

News items 2008-09-04

Additional Resources

The billy-can rules

Aussies can be strange folks, especially when it comes to understanding us "Yanks." For one thing, they seem to think all Yanks know each other, or at least, we know someone who knows the other Yank. For another, they apparently believe all Yanks have some deep need to regularly interact...

Articles 2008-10-01

What can be learned from the roller coaster journeys of young people making ultimately successful transitions beyond school?

This project investigated the interrelationships between family expectations and young people's post-school plans. All of the participants were from financially disadvantaged families. The research used interviews to understand these young people's perspectives of their transition experiences: the ways in which young people's school experiences impacted on their...

Articles 2008-09-22

Interview with Mark Watson

Mark Watson is a professor and head of the Psychology Department of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa. his research focuses on career development and career assessment of primary, secondary and tertiary students from all South African population groups. Mark has published extensively in international...

Articles 2008-09-22

Applying for your own job: a preliminary study

This study undertook a small preliminary investigation of the contemporary employment practice of 'applying for your own job'. There has not yet been a specific study into the effect upon individuals and organisations of the practice of existing employees being required to apply for the same or...

Articles 2008-09-22

Gathering the real data from creative industries graduates one year out

University student outcome data in Australia is collected via the Graduate Destination Survey component of the Australian Graduate Survey at the referent date three months post-graduation. This timeline gives consideration to graduates to enter directly into traditional vocations. For graduates from non-traditional areas and/or with non-traditional career...

Articles 2008-09-22

Job search experience

In helping people find work we should aim to provide services that address their needs. What sorts of difficulties do people report? What steps do people take in order to find work? Have there been any changes over time? Answers to some of these questions are provided...

Articles 2008-09-22

At my desk

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This column includes some observations from my recent participation at the Fourth International Symposium on Career Development and Public Policy in Scotland, and visits to LearnDirect and Careers Scotland. The outcomes of the Symposium and the latter two major initiatives directly link to...

Articles 2008-09-22

Forthcoming conferences

AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION OF CAREER COUNSELLORS NATIONAL CAREER CONFERENCE, HOBART, 26-28 March 2008 A distinguished assembly of workplace experts and academics will meet to confront the latest issues facing employees and employers around the world. The central theme of the 2008 AACC conference is Career Landscape:...

Articles 2008-09-22

Postgraduate destinations: employment characteristics of Australia's postgraduate completers

Postgraduate Destinations is an annual report produced by Graduate Careers Australia GCA, concerning the work and study outcomes of recent graduates from postgraduate level courses offered at Australian higher education institutions. The report is based on the results of the Australian Graduate Survey AGS, the nation's largest...

Articles 2008-09-22

Climate-change hysteria is at least offering endless opportunities for entrepreneurship

Climate-change hysteria is at least offering endless opportunities for entrepreneurship. We suspect, at any rate, that this may be the motivation of Australian scientist George Wilson, who is urging us to eat kangaroo meat in order to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The methane gas produced by sheep and cows through belching...

Articles 2008-09-01

GBS Gold Executive Management Changes

GBS Gold International Inc. (TSX: GBS) ("GBS Gold" or the "Company") announces the following executive management changes. As part of the Company's internal business review, the Australian executive team has been restructured. New appointments have been made in operations management, focusing on the mining and processing aspects of the business,...

Articles 2008-08-28

Single Australian women 'should move to man dams'

IF you are a female Australian looking for love, you could do worse than move to Nar Nar Goon, population 600, where single men outnumber women 12 to one. The Victoria town is one example of what Bernard Salt, an Australian demographer, calls a "man dam", an oasis of males...

Articles 2008-08-28

This Report is an in-depth Study Containing Statistics, Trends, Forecasts and Competitor Information of the Australian Pipeline Transport Industry

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/63ee7d/pipeline_transport) has announced the addition of the "Pipeline Transport in Australia" report to their offering. The IBISWorld Pipeline Transport in Australia report is an in depth study containing statistics, trends, forecasts and competitor information. This class consists of firms mainly engaged in...

Articles 2008-08-27

BEYOND COMPARE

Sir Donald Bradman, the greatest cricketer the sport has seen, was born 100 years ago today. Angus Fraser salutes a man whose standards no other player has come close to matching The Don reaches his century The aim of many old golfers is to complete a...

Articles 2008-08-27

Australia may follow British lead on Olympic funding

*OLYMPICS FOR years, Britain has envied the efficiency with which the Australian sporting structure turns out elite athletes who excel on the international stage. Now, following Britain's historic success at the Beijing Olympics, the boot is, so to speak, on the other foot. ...

Articles 2008-08-27

Bradman's final century reveals his greatness and flaws

HE WAS the world's most talented cricketer, and remains the most celebrated of all Australians. But as his compatriots mark the centenary of Sir Donald Bradman's birth, some are asking whether the man behind the bat deserves such adulation. That "the Don" was one of the greatest...

Articles 2008-08-27