Reserve Bank Govenor, Phillip Lowe, knows that surprising investors by cutting rates before November – in the absence of a major financial or geopolitical shock – would only fuel morbid speculation that the outlook for the Australian economy is much grimmer than it actually is. By Karen Maley One of […]
Years of begrudging wage rises and screwing the last few cents out of suppliers have come back to bite corporate Australia where it hurts: On the bottom line. By Michael Pascoe The ASX reporting season that finished on Friday showed the financial year to be the worst since the GFC. […]
The followingstory is from the Coffs Coast Advocate, 29 August 2019, site and is behind an online paywall. “COFFS Harbour business leader, and Chair of the Coffs Harbour Chamber of commerce Martin Wells has slammed the “bullies” promoting the petition against the proposed Cultural and Civic Space. By Janine Watson […]
A ground-breaking eco housing development in Coffs Harbour wins the Master Builders Regional Excellence Award for Energy Efficiency & Environmental Management. The Natural Home Company recently took out the 2019 award ahead of some of the best builders in Northern NSW for their residential development at 23 Bent Street. The […]
It’s hardly surprising Donald Trump’s loose language and even looser thought processes have dominated the G7 meeting. By Jennifer Hewitt It certainly shows Emmanuel Macron was smart to have dropped any notion of the usual post-summit communique. This would just have given the US President another chance to focus on […]
LET’S LOOK AT THE FACTS. The Mayor of Coffs Harbour is CLUTCHING AT STRAWS! By Jan Lindrum and Facebook contributors Comparing the Shoalhaven Civic Centre to the proposed citadel in the cramped and congested Gordon Street as the Mayor did recently in an article in The Advocate, suggests she is […]
The latest official wage growth figures show Australian workers are still missing out on their share. By Alan Austin The wages slump the Abbott Government plunged Australia into back in 2014 is now firmly entrenched. More than five years after the first failed budget by former Coalition Treasurer, Joe Hockey, workers’ […]
This is Part 2 of an article by Chris Bramley arguing that in his opinion the Coffs Harbour City Council (CHCC) may have breached the Local Government Act 1993 in it’s actions in relation to the proposed new council Chambers and Cultural Centre in Gordon Street. Part 1 was published […]
Late last week Innes Willox – head of Australian Industry Group – sent a letter to Scott Morrison, alerting him to the dire skills crisis in Australia. By Peter Fleming Our Vocational Education and Training (VET) system was a complete “debacle” he remarked: ‘75 per cent of employers are experiencing difficulty in recruiting suitably […]
The expectation, based on the past, that we should get richer and richer may have reached its use-by date By Paddy Manning Wages are stagnant. Wealth is falling. House prices are down. Consumers aren’t spending. Businesses aren’t investing. Interest rates are at record lows and may be heading for zero. […]