http://www.greenmonts.com.au/ Greenmonts News Fri, 22 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT en-us http://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/investment/47021-a-game-changer-for-property-investors-banks-crack-down-on-lending.html?google_editors_picks=true http://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/investment/47021-a-game-changer-for-property-investors-banks-crack-down-on-lending.html?google_editors_picks=true Thu, 21 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT There have been some significant policy changes announced by some banks that will be a game changer for some property investors. http://www.australasianlawyer.com.au/news/big-datas-potential-untapped-by-the-legal-industry-199619.aspx http://www.australasianlawyer.com.au/news/big-datas-potential-untapped-by-the-legal-industry-199619.aspx Mon, 27 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT Law firms are among the many businesses capturing extensive amounts of data but still figuring out how to utilise it. http://indaily.com.au/business/2015/04/20/even-a-1m-nest-egg-might-not-be-enough/ http://indaily.com.au/business/2015/04/20/even-a-1m-nest-egg-might-not-be-enough/ Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMT If you thought you would be living in luxury with a million-dollar retirement nest egg, think again. http://www.moneymanagement.com.au/news/insurance-property/cbd-office-markets-positive-start http://www.moneymanagement.com.au/news/insurance-property/cbd-office-markets-positive-start Fri, 17 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT Sydney and Melbourne are leading the way with five of Australia's six major CBD office leasing markets experiencing positive net absorption in Q1 2015, research reveals. http://www.fairwork.gov.au/about-us/news-and-media-releases/website-news/thinking-of-hiring-someone-aged-50-years-and-over http://www.fairwork.gov.au/about-us/news-and-media-releases/website-news/thinking-of-hiring-someone-aged-50-years-and-over Tue, 31 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT Australian businesses that provide jobs to people 50 years of age or older, could get financial help from the Australian Government. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/402078,tech-vendors-seek-legal-end-to-bulk-surveillance.aspx?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=editors_picks&google_editors_picks=true http://www.itnews.com.au/News/402078,tech-vendors-seek-legal-end-to-bulk-surveillance.aspx?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=editors_picks&google_editors_picks=true Thu, 26 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT More than 40 technology companies, organisations and privacy lobby groups have written to the United States Congress to ask for an end to the NSA's bulk collection of communications metadata. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/401918,telstra-runs-out-of-ipv4-addresses.aspx http://www.itnews.com.au/News/401918,telstra-runs-out-of-ipv4-addresses.aspx Mon, 23 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT Carriers worldwide are being urged to move to the new IPv6 addressing system, which was created to overcome limitations to the quickly dwindling IPv4 address supply. http://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/free-trade-agreement-car-savings-explained-30757 http://www.carsguide.com.au/car-news/free-trade-agreement-car-savings-explained-30757 Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT Last week's decision by some Japanese brands to reduce prices as a result of the new Free Trade Agreement between Australia and Japan caused quite a stir... https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/26007286/melbournes-tallest-skyscraper-construction-to-begin-on-australia-108/ https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/26007286/melbournes-tallest-skyscraper-construction-to-begin-on-australia-108/ Thu, 15 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT Australia 108 will eclipse Melbourne's current tallest building, the Eureka, and is tipped to be the biggest residential building in the southern hemisphere. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/bayside/buoyant-property-market-returns-higher-prices-in-melbournes-south/story-fngnvli9-1227185897603?nk=76c2fefd016dbedb6dfcaf6ca7034277 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/bayside/buoyant-property-market-returns-higher-prices-in-melbournes-south/story-fngnvli9-1227185897603?nk=76c2fefd016dbedb6dfcaf6ca7034277 Thu, 15 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT A buoyant property market delivered higher prices, faster sales and also many disappointed buyers across Melbourne's south last year. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/asic-backs-webblocking-powers-as-property-spruikers-head-offshore-20141203-11yz7v.html http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/asic-backs-webblocking-powers-as-property-spruikers-head-offshore-20141203-11yz7v.html Wed, 3 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT Property spruikers are moving their seminars to places like Vanuatu in order to avoid getting an Australian financial licence. The corporate regulator used the example to defend its use of laws that potentially allow it to block websites believed to be fraudulent or illegal. http://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/cashflow/44748-using-a-voluntary-administration-to-save-a-company-the-statistics-are-against-you.html http://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/cashflow/44748-using-a-voluntary-administration-to-save-a-company-the-statistics-are-against-you.html Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT Unfortunately, a close analysis of the facts reveals that voluntary administrations are actually very expensive and, in the vast majority of cases, fail in their stated objective of saving a business. https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Elections/2014VictorianStateelection.html https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Elections/2014VictorianStateelection.html Sat, 1 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT The Victorian State election will be on Saturday 29 November 2014 and voting is compulsory. All Australian citizens over the age of 18, living in Victoria, must enrol and vote. http://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/tax/44392-investor-warning-lodge-your-tax-returns-by-31-october.html http://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/tax/44392-investor-warning-lodge-your-tax-returns-by-31-october.html Wed, 29 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT Tax returns need to be lodged to avoid any potential late fines. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/breaking-news/nab-commercial-property-index-posts-first-positive-read-since-2011/story-fnn9c0hb-1227105822249?nk=f7a5ff13017f20a5ee51e658f2d52baf http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/breaking-news/nab-commercial-property-index-posts-first-positive-read-since-2011/story-fnn9c0hb-1227105822249?nk=f7a5ff13017f20a5ee51e658f2d52baf Wed, 29 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT NAB's commercial property index recorded its first positive read since the first quarter of 2011, but the picture was mixed across the country, with WA sentiment falling to an all-time low. http://www.austpayroll.com.au/announcements/fair-work-warns-on-costly-pay-mistakes-when-buying-a-business http://www.austpayroll.com.au/announcements/fair-work-warns-on-costly-pay-mistakes-when-buying-a-business Mon, 12 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT The office of the Fair Work Ombudsman has sounded a warning to potential buyers of existing businesses, and urged new employers to double-check the terms and conditions of a business's existing employees, in particular minimum hourly pay rates and entitlements. http://www.smh.com.au/business/chinese-investors-are-pushing-into-melbourne-and-sydney-20141010-113q7x.html#ixzz3GAsqE3WV http://www.smh.com.au/business/chinese-investors-are-pushing-into-melbourne-and-sydney-20141010-113q7x.html#ixzz3GAsqE3WV Sat, 11 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT Investors are lifting their Australian residential and commercial real estate investment at a time when the Reserve Bank is warning bubbly property markets could be hit with a price correction. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-15/court-throws-out-mua-case-over-offshore-rigs/5745828 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-15/court-throws-out-mua-case-over-offshore-rigs/5745828 Wed, 15 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT The Federal Court has thrown out a challenge by the maritime union to measures introduced by the Abbott Government making it easier for foreign workers to be employed on offshore oil and gas projects. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-20/bitcoin-will-not-be-taxed-as-money-ato-says/5683974 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-20/bitcoin-will-not-be-taxed-as-money-ato-says/5683974 Wed, 20 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will not treat Bitcoin transactions as money, fuelling fears the industry will be driven offshore or underground. The ATO has released its anticipated guidance on crypto-currencies, saying Bitcoin or other digital currency payments will be taxed like a non-cash barter transaction. http://www.moneymanagement.com.au/news/investment/property/commercial-property-returns-hit-two-year-high http://www.moneymanagement.com.au/news/investment/property/commercial-property-returns-hit-two-year-high Thu, 14 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMT Retail and industrial properties are at the heart of a resurgence in the commercial property sector, according to the Property Council/IPD Australia All Property Index Q2 2014 results. https://www.mywealth.commbank.com.au/property/melbourne-property-prospects-beyond-the-cbd-hottopic201407 https://www.mywealth.commbank.com.au/property/melbourne-property-prospects-beyond-the-cbd-hottopic201407 Mon, 28 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT With Melbourne's median house price hitting a record $658,000 this month, according to the Real Estate Institute of Victoria, buyers looking for affordability might turn to outer ring-suburbs and even beyond the city to areas like Geelong. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/realestate/news/tallest-residential-tower-in-melbourne-cbd-on-the-market/story-fni0ckoj-1227000096217?nk=a9a58c19daca4cea82c5612859ea9c52 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/realestate/news/tallest-residential-tower-in-melbourne-cbd-on-the-market/story-fni0ckoj-1227000096217?nk=a9a58c19daca4cea82c5612859ea9c52 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT The 75-level Victoria One on Elizabeth St will comprise 629 one, two and three-bedroom apartments. Construction on the $350 million Golden Age Group project is expected to start in late October and finish in November, 2017. http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2014/7/7/manufacturing/construction-soars-june-aig http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2014/7/7/manufacturing/construction-soars-june-aig Mon, 7 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT Activity in Australian's construction sector expanded for the first time this year in June, according to the Australian Industry Group, as house building picks up the slack from dwindling mining construction. http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/should-you-manage-your-own-superannuation/story-e6frfmci-1226971877419 http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/should-you-manage-your-own-superannuation/story-e6frfmci-1226971877419 Wed, 2 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMT SELF-managed super funds are the fastest growing sector in the superannuation industry. The latest figures from the Australian Taxation Office show the number of SMSF members topped one million for the first time March, holding a whopping $547 billion in net assets. http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/superannuation-returns-having-another-doubledigit-growth-year-20140619-3afno.html http://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/superannuation-returns-having-another-doubledigit-growth-year-20140619-3afno.html Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT Retirement funds are on track for another financial year of double-digit returns, with the typical superannuation fund notching up growth of 12.6 per cent over the 11 months to May. http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/west-australian-industrial-relations-commission-increases-minimum-weekly-wage-by-20-to-66590/story-fnhocxo3-1226951072759?nk=882c0616dc3895206bf47571ef78a39f http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/west-australian-industrial-relations-commission-increases-minimum-weekly-wage-by-20-to-66590/story-fnhocxo3-1226951072759?nk=882c0616dc3895206bf47571ef78a39f Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT THE WA Industrial Relations Commission has decided to increase the full time adult minimum wage and state awards by $20 per week. http://www.governmentnews.com.au/2014/05/rail-industry-stoked-victorias-11-billion-melbourne-airport-rail-link-pledge/ http://www.governmentnews.com.au/2014/05/rail-industry-stoked-victorias-11-billion-melbourne-airport-rail-link-pledge/ Fri, 9 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT The Victorian government's decision to go big on its commitment to funding new key railway projects across the state in its annual Budget in the run-up to the state election is picking up plenty of plaudits from the transport infrastructure sector. http://www.couriermail.com.au/realestate/news/million-is-the-new-benchmark-in-melbournes-prestige-property-market/story-fnihpv4x-1226910456434 http://www.couriermail.com.au/realestate/news/million-is-the-new-benchmark-in-melbournes-prestige-property-market/story-fnihpv4x-1226910456434 Thu, 8 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT Brighton and Toorak, middle and bayside suburbs further from the city have started to see $2 million-plus sales. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/payroll-prize-for-business/story-e6frgczx-1226908004432 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/payroll-prize-for-business/story-e6frgczx-1226908004432 Wed, 7 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT Victoria will have the nation's second-lowest payroll taxes under cuts detailed in yesterday's budget. Treasurer Michael O'Brien confirmed the payroll tax rate would be cut from 4.9 per cent to 4.85 per cent. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/market-swings-in-favour-of-melbourne-property-buyers/story-e6frg6n6-1226905848008 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/market-swings-in-favour-of-melbourne-property-buyers/story-e6frg6n6-1226905848008 Mon, 5 May 2014 00:00:00 GMT Melbourne recorded an auction clearance rate of 63.7 per cent at the weekend. http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/commsec-chief-economist-craig-james-said-construction-is-the-next-sector-set-to-boom/story-e6frflo9-1226887149415 http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/commsec-chief-economist-craig-james-said-construction-is-the-next-sector-set-to-boom/story-e6frflo9-1226887149415 Thu, 17 Apr 2014 00:00:00 GMT Forget mining, the next boom industry in the Australian economy will be much closer to home. That's according to CommSec chief economist Craig James, who said construction will pick up the baton from mining to become the driving force behind Australia's economy in the next few years.