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Pakistan-Australian agriculture linkages celebrated

To celebrate agricultural linkages between Pakistan and Australia and to welcome the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) team headed by Dr. Nick Austin, the high commissioner of Australia Tim George hosted a [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

RBA Warns Australian Banks Lowering Mortgage Lending Standar...

The central bank is warning that Australian lenders have begun to lower their mortgage lending standards as they seek to achieve the turbo charged pre financial crisis growth rates, an objective the RBA says is unrealistic. The Rese [...]

Posted On : Mar, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Australian Top Banks May Gain From Swan's Reforms

Australia’s four largest lenders, led by Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac Banking Corp., may emerge as victors from Treasurer Wayne Swan’s package to promote banking competition, analysts and academics said. Co [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Australian Banks Fight Back Against Criticism Over Independe...

Australian lenders are fighting back against criticism that their lending rates may be increased beyond the scope of the official rise in interest rates undertaken by the Reserve Bank of Australia, which could take place as early as next [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Australian Central Bank Leaves Rates Unchanged

As it was highly anticipated, the Reserve Bank of Australia left the target cash rate unchanged at 4.5% at its Tuesday meeting. The statement by the Governor Glenn Stevens cites the uneven global growth, European sovereign debt iss [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at Close

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange at close: BEN - BENDIGO AND ADELAIDE BANK LTD - up nine cents to $9.87 Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has followed the major banks and increased its variable home and business loans by 25 basis [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

FOCUS: Australian Banks Want Govt Guarantee To Stay For Now

Despite improving credit markets, Australia's banks are in no hurry for the government's wholesale funding guarantee to be wound back anytime soon, and say an exit strategy can only be implemented on an internationally coordinated basis. S [...]

Posted On : Jun, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Australian health authorities warn of PNG HIV cluster

Health authorities in Australia's far north are concerned about what they're calling an HIV cluster among men who work in Papua New Guinea.Six men have recently been diagnosed with the virus in Cairns and authorities say it could be the beg [...]

Posted On : Sep, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Australian, N.Z. Dollars Pare Losses on Citigroup Equity Sal...

The Australian and New Zealand dollars pared losses from the weakest in 2 1/2 months against the yen after Citigroup Inc. agreed to sell a stake to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.Citigroup, the biggest U.S. bank, said in a press r [...]