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Apartments market warning

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Original article by Lisa Allen
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 17-May-16

BPM CEO Jonathan Hallinan says the stricter lending requirements for apartment buyers has resulted in a downturn in off-the-plan sales in Melbourne. Matrix Property director Andrew Antonas adds that a crackdown on shifting money out of China and lending restrictions by Australian banks has reduced demand for apartments in Sydney among Chinese buyers. Some overseas developers are also seeking to offload their development sites due to the difficulty in obtaining financing.

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BPM PTY LTD, MATRIX PROPERTY GROUP PTY LTD, CORELOGIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, RALAN PTY LTD

Roy Morgan releases new ‘political’ audience segments for advertisers and media agencies to reach Undecided and Swinging Voters

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 13-May-16

Roy Morgan Research has announced the launch of a collection of ‘political’ audience segments for use by Australia’s advertisers and media agencies in the lead-up to the Federal Election. The audience segments are available through Roy Morgan’s network of media and data partners across programmatic, premium digital display/video advertising, mobile advertising, email, direct and unaddressed mail. The new audience segments enable advertisers such as political parties and others to precisely target audiences made up of undecided and swinging voters to those concerned with issues such as health, education, the environment, tax, defence, rural and regional issues, unemployment, improving business conditions, crime, workplace and immigration. The segments are available now on Yahoo!7 and Facebook via Acxiom in addition to Eyeota, Near, Mi9, Big Mobile and Greater Data.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, YAHOO!7 COMMUNICATIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, ACXIOM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, EYEOTA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEAR, MI9, BIG MOBILE PTY LTD, GREATER DATA

Chinese still our favourite cuisine, but for how much longer?

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 13-May-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 70.4 per cent of Australians aged 14+ reported liking Chinese cuisine in the year to December 2015, compared with 73.6 per cent in 2011. The survey also shows that Italian food is now enjoyed by 62.9 per cent of the population, marginally up on 60.8 per cent in 2011. Meanwhile, an above-average proportion of Pre-Boomers like Chinese food (72.1 per cent), while Generation X is over-represented among Australians who like Italian, Greek, Thai and Lebanese cuisine. Gen Y, in contrast, are the group most likely to enjoy eating Japanese, Other Asian, Indian, Mexican and French food.

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Pressure on Shorten over penalty rates

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 16-May-16

The Fair Work Commission is likely wait until after the 2016 federal election to issue its ruling on weekend penalty rates. Unions have urged Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to introduce greater protection for employees who receive penalty rates, although the Australian Labor Party has previously indicated that it will not oppose the FWC’s ruling if it recommendations a reduction in Sunday penalty rates.

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AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, ACTU

Foreign buyers and super push $1b beef boom

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Original article by Matthew Cranston
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 32 : 16-May-16

The growing demand for Australian cattle stations is being driven by superannuation funds and foreign investors. A number of local companies are also buying cattle farms in partnership with overseas pension funds, while the sector continues to attract interest from Chinese investors. It is estimated that almost $A500m worth of cattle stations have changed hands in recent weeks, and sales in the sector are on track to top $A1bn in 2016.

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MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, PARAWAY PASTORAL COMPANY LIMITED, WESTERN GRAZING COMPANY, QIC LIMITED, NORTH AUSTRALIAN PASTORAL COMPANY, STICHTING PENSIOENFONDS ABP, PENSION PROTECTION FUND, QUEENSLAND. LONG TERM ASSET ADVISORY BOARD, HEWITT CATTLE AUSTRALIA, CANADA. PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD, GUNN AGRI PARTNERS, ZHEJIANG RIFA HOLDING GROUP, RIFA SALUTARY PTY LTD, SHANGHAI CRED REAL ESTATE STOCK COMPANY LIMITED, CBRE PTY LTD, DAKANG AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS PTY LTD, S KIDMAN AND COMPANY PTY LTD, THYNNE AND MACARTNEY

Optus enters the fray for FFA rights

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 31 : 16-May-16

Optus will establish a 24-hour football channel as it prepares to launch its coverage of the English Premier League. CEO Allan Lew says the telco is also keen to secure rights to A-League and Socceroos matches. The Ten Network is also said to be interested in A-League matches, which are currently broadcast by Fox Sports under a four-year deal worth $A40m a year. Meanwhile, Lew stresses that Optus’s EPL coverage will only be available to its own customers.

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SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE, THE A LEAGUE PTY LTD, SOCCEROOS, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FETCHTV PTY LTD, SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS), WORLD SPORTS GROUP, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, OLIVER AND OHLBAUM, FOOTBALL FEDERATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED, CITY FOOTBALL GROUP, MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB, MELBOURNE CITY FOOTBALL CLUB, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB PLC, MANCHESTER UNITED PLC, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FOOTBALL CLUB, LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB PLC, CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB, BEIN SPORTS

Greens put high price on power

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Original article by Sid Maher
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 16-May-16

Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has again stressed that his party will not seek to form government with the Australian Greens in the event of a hung parliament. However, Greens leader Richard Di Natale believes that Shorten would not give up the opportunity to become prime minister, even if it required an alliance with the Greens. He also says any such deal would require the Australian Labor Party to change its policies on issues such as climate change and asylum seekers.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Watchdog to target more CFMEU officials

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 16-May-16

The Federal Court’s Justice Debra Mortimer has ruled that the Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union cannot use its own funds to pay an $A18,000 fine on behalf of union official Joe Myles. Fair Work Building & Construction director Nigel Hadgkiss has welcomed the court ruling, and signalled that his agency will continue to pursue similar judgments against the militant union.

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CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA, FAIR WORK BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION, MASTER BUILDERS AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EMPLOYMENT

Think global, act local, Miller says

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 31 : 16-May-16

News Corp Australia executive chairman Michael Miller says the nation’s major media companies have the capacity to expand internationally. He adds that the best media companies think on a global scale, and notes that 11 of the 25 websites that boasted more than one million Australian visitors in March 2016 were international sites. The newly-launched News Media Index shows that newspaper advertising revenue totalled $A2.4bn in 2015.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HOLDINGS LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, APN NEWS AND MEDIA LIMITED – ASX APN, NEWSMEDIAWORKS, SMI MEDIA INCORPORATED, BUZZFEED PTY LTD, DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA, THE GUARDIAN AUSTRALIA

Murdoch’s clout the big query

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Original article by Aaron Patrick
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 36 : 16-May-16

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has traditionally been regarded as having a significant influence on the political landscape in Australia and abroad. However, some experts believe that the power of the Murdoch press to influence election outcomes is waning amid the rise of digital disruptors, and the 2016 federal election may reinforce this perception. Former News Limited CEO Kim Williams argues that all newspapers are losing their power to influence election outcomes.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, BUZZFEED PTY LTD, TWITTER INCORPORATED, LABOUR PARTY (GREAT BRITAIN), CONSERVATIVE PARTY (GREAT BRITAIN), UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SKY NEWS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY