Homeowners face finding another $50 a month to pay the mortgage, with the Reserve Bank tipped to lift official interest rates again today as it battles to dampen house prices and keep inflation pressures at bay. A quarter percentage point rise this afternoon would mean official rates would have climbed 1.25 percentage points since October, [...]
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Reserve tipped to bump up rates
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Tree man’s protest ends
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Thornlie’s tree man Richard Pennicuik has ended his 110 day protest and climbed down from the 20m-high eucalyptus melliodorain on the front verge of his home. Mr Pennicuik has been living in the tree outside his Hume Road home since early December, including during Monday’s devastating hail storm that swept across Perth and caused more [...]
RBA lifts rates again
Posted in ALL news, Realestate and Home Loans, tagged (RBA), 25 basis points, 3.75 per cent, again.'', ANZ's, Australia, Australia's, bank, billion-dollar, borrowers, business conditions, cash rate, central bank lifted, chief economist, China, confidence, continue, deputy governor, diminished., dollar, economic data, economics, economists' reaction, economy, erratic statements, expansion, Glenn Stevens, global financial crisis, global recession, Government's, gradual recovery, head of Australian, India, infrastructure, interest rates, interest rates rises, JP Morgan's, key, labour market, Leader, lifts rates, major banks, mixed readings, opposition, prospects, public, raising, rates verdict, RBA Governor, RBA's, Ric Battelino, slowed, spending., Stephen Walters, stimulus, the Reserve Bank, today, Tony Abbott, Treasurer, Warren Hogan, Wayne Swan on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There’s more pain on the way for Australia’s borrowers with the Reserve Bank today raising interest rates for the third time in as many months. As widely tipped, the central bank lifted its key cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.75 per cent following its monthly board meeting. It’s the first time the RBA [...]
‘Shame’ vests for WA offenders
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Adult criminals sentenced to outdoor community work will from today wear bright yellow vests emblazoned with “Repay WA” as part of a Government campaign to increase public confidence in community service as a punishment. Corrective Services Minister Christian Porter claimed community work had not been used as a sentencing option as often as it [...]
WA leads rise in June building approvals
Posted in Local News, Realestate and Home Loans, tagged apartment-building sector, approval, approvals, building, building approvals, construction, Construction activity, construction projects, decline., detatched housing, followed, fresh figures, housing, in June, June, latest tally, leads, level lower, May, national rise, new, recovery, reveal, rise, rise in building approvals, robust, sector, shrinking, surged, today, Victoria, volatile, WA on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WA has led the charge with a rise in building approvals in June, fresh figures reveal today. There was a 21.1 per cent rise in building approvals in WA last month, compared to a national rise of 9.3 per cent. But the recovery followed an 11 per cent decline in May, taking the latest tally [...]
Mother nature to drizzle on Perth all week
Posted in weather, tagged 30 to 50 millimetres, 50mm, all week, area, bands, cloud, coastal, coastal parts, cold, cold fronts, days, drizzle, drizzle on Perth, dry, dry days, excess of 100kmh, fallen, fronts, gust, gusts, gusts of 90kmh, Indian Ocean, link up, Mandurah, Margaret River, millimetres, Monday, Mother nature, nature., ocean, perth, potential, rain., rainfall, returning, ruled out., Saturday, severe, Showers, south, strength, stronger, surrounds., the city, to Perth, today, trees, WA, week, western australia, wettest, wettest days, windiest, winds on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After four dry days, showers are returning to Perth and are likely each day through to the end of next week, bringing 30 to 50 millimetres of rain. The area from Mandurah to Margaret River should be the wettest with more than 50mm for some. The wettest days are likely to be today, Saturday and [...]
Jobs for Backpackers Website
Posted in Jobs and careers, tagged accommodation, area, Aussie, Australia, Australian, Australian Immigration, backpackers, bona fide, bussiness, checks, comprehensive, country pub, employee, employers, encourage, excellent, experience, experiences, farm, good, good understanding, great jobs, home, immigration, job, location, offerings, operation, part time, pay good rates, pay., perth, Perth metropolitan area, position, provide, quality, range, rates, regional, reputation, resort work, satisfactory, seasonal, seasonal farm, service, skills, stand, station work, today, travellers, true blue, true blue Aussie, vast, visa, visa checks, WA, way of life, western, western australia, widely, word, working on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Starting from a part time operation and growing to what we are today, we have an excellent reputation and are known widely for our service and quality. From all kinds of seasonal farm and station work to country pub and resort work, we have a vast range of great jobs to choose from both in [...]
2009 Tax time is here
Posted in Taxation, tagged 1 July, 11.8 million, 14 days., 2009., 31 October 2009, alert service, allowances, assistance, Australia’s, Australian, available, bank interest, calculators, charge, data, deadline., details, directly, download, E-tax, experience, fee, financial, free, from 1 July, government, help, including, individuals., information., institution, links, lodge, lodge a tax return., lodge their return, Michael D’Ascenzo, Mr D’Ascenzo, newsagents, online, payment, payments, pensions, people, prepare, private health insurance, processes, progressively, property sales, qualifications, range, registered tax agents, regulated, reminded, return, rulings, screens, secure, short tax return, software, State, stock exchange, subscribe, summaries, tax affairs, tax agent, Tax Agents’ Board, Tax Commissioner, tax file number, Tax Office, Tax Office shopfronts, Tax Office website, tax return., tax returns, TaxPack 2009, taxpayers', the Tax Office, third parties, third party, today, using e-tax, website, within, within e-tax, www.tabd.gov.au on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Tax Office today reminded Australia’s 11.8 million taxpayers to start getting ready to lodge their tax returns. Tax Commissioner Michael D’Ascenzo said the Tax Office has a range of information and assistance available to help people meet the 31 October 2009 deadline. “From 1 July, people can prepare and lodge their return online using e-tax, [...]
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