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The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Social Trends Report released in December 2011 said that more than forty percent of the average Australian household’s assets consist of property assets.This tendency among Australians to gravitate toward property seems natural, given the promise of accelerated capital growth, cash flow, and tax benefits. But anyone new to the game […]

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission calls the purchase of a car “one of the single biggest purchases you are likely to make,” and yet all car buyers (we’ve yet to hear of an exception) just want the process over and done with quickly. People in general are more likely to spend time and energy […]

Since the 2008 fiscal crisis, SMEs in Australia have had a tough time of it. Even up to today, there is an ongoing difficulty in accessing finance—a handicap left over from the years of slow consumer credit growth, low overall confidence, and a volatile capital market. In the 2011 Asia-Pacific Small Business Survey by CPA […]