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Lower cost of living in Australian cities for global workers
7 Jul 2010
The cost of living in Australian cities is less for expatriates and global workers than in other major cities in the Asia Pacific region.
Foreign Investment Review Board issues investment clarification
5 Jul 2010
Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board has issued a clarification on Australia’s foreign investment policy.
Data Alert: Australia’s Financial Services Workforce – Skilled and Expanding
2 Jul 2010
Australia’s 400,000 strong financial services workforce is highly skilled, innovative, multilingual, relatively cost competitive, and can draw on a wealth of international experience.
Data Alert: Australia’s Managed Funds – Taxation and Regulation
1 Jul 2010
The Government’s recent responses to the Reviews and its latest announcement of a wide range of taxation measures has increased the international attractiveness for exports and investments in Australia’s financial sector.
Australia cuts red tape for business
30 Jun 2010
Australia has passed legislation which will improve the country’s corporate reporting framework and reduce the red-tape burden on business.
Data Alert: Australia Now 10th Largest Private Banking Market in the world
29 Jun 2010
Data just released in the 2010 World Wealth Report shows that as at year end 2009 Australia had the 10th largest private banking market in the world, up from eleventh place for 2008.
Australian researchers report important malaria findings
28 Jun 2010
Australian researchers working at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne have discovered that molecules similar to heparin, a blood-thinning drug, can stop malaria infecting red blood cells.
East Asia and Pacific region predicted to grow 8.7 per cent this year
24 Jun 2010
East Asia and the Pacific region, including Australia, is forecast to grow by 8.7 per cent in 2010 and 7.7 per cent in 2011, according to a new report from the World Bank.
Australian reforms to benefit Managed Investment Trusts
23 Jun 2010
The Australian Government has announced amendments to the definition of Managed Investment Trusts (MIT).
Australian scientists demonstrate new source of clean energy
22 Jun 2010
Australian scientists have demonstrated a new source of clean energy – a breakthrough which has just been published in the prestigious science journal, Nature Materials.

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