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April 10th, 2009
Don’t Write Off Investing in Shares Just Yet
Some investors have a different view on sharemarket downturns. They see the low stock prices as a chance to get a bargain.
During times of market turbulence, it is our natural instinct to guard our investments and distance ourselves from risk. While this reaction is not surprising, it can also mean losing out on profit opportunities [...]
December 31st, 2008
Unassuming Melbourne: Arts Capital of Australia
As so often in Australia’s history, Melbourne was founded through fraud when adventurer John Batman, an Australian fluent in several aboriginal languages, made a “deal” with aborigines to lease land on behalf of investors.
While offering the Aborigines any compensation at all was progressive in a colonial culture that preferred to simply run them off [...]
December 30th, 2008
The Wonderful Lithuanian City of Vilnius
The Lithuanian city of Vilnius exudes southern charm under the northern sun. Positioned in the natural amphitheatre of the surrounding Lithuanian hills, Vilnilus has much to offer visitors besotted with classical buildings.
Vilnius, which can look back on a thousand years of Lithuanian history, can boast one of the largest historical town centres in Eastern [...]
December 23rd, 2008
Dear Senator Stephen Conroy - Open Letter about Australian Internet Censorship
Senator Stephen Conroy
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
Level 4, 4 Treasury Place
Melbourne Vic 3002
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Dear Minister Conroy,
I have never written to a government minister before, but I have serious concerns about the Rudd Government’s mandatory Internet filtering plan. Given the importance your Government has attached to modernising Australia’s broadband network, pursuing [...]
December 21st, 2008
Good Reasons to Pay Your Suppliers on Time
Many small businesses spend far too much time on debt collection rather than their core business. Over the last 2-3 months I’ve noticed an increasing lag in payment cycles.
If you are in any sort of operation that uses small businesses as service providers or product suppliers it’s well worth your while to pay your bills [...]
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December 21st, 2008
Stock Market Turmoil Leaves Many Australian Retirees Worried
The turmoil in the international stock markets is having a tragic impact on the retirement plans of many retired Australians.
For example, during September 2008, it was estimated by Super Ratings, a company that tracks the performance of super funds, that Australian super funds lost as much as 6% of their value. During the past year [...]
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