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Go the blues: Kiwis who play team sports less likely to report depression, anxiety or stress

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Apr-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 10 per cent of New Zealanders aged 18+ reported experiencing depression at some point in the past year. This compares with just six per cent of those who regularly play a team sport. The survey, which was carried out in the two years to December 2014, also shows that some nine per cent of New Zealanders overall suffered from anxiety, well above the six per cent of regular team sport players. Meanwhile, 18 per cent experienced stress, compared with 15 per cent of team sports players

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Government’s finger on double-dissolution trigger

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 2-Apr-15

The Australian Government insists on continuing with its policy of university fee deregulation. Education Minister Christopher Pyne said on 1 April 2015 that he will present the proposed legislation to the Senate again, despite the fact that it has already been rejected twice. If the bill is rejected again, it may trigger a double dissolution election

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, THE GROUP OF EIGHT LIMITED

Perisher deal may lift chalet prices

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Original article by Samantha Hutchinson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 46 : 2-Apr-15

US-based Vail Resorts has bought the Perisher ski resort in New South Wales. Real estate agents expect the deal to result in higher property values in the alpine region. Figures from CoreLogic RP Data show that the median price for residential property in Jindabyne fell by 3.25 per cent between 2013 and 2014, to $A395,917. Only 17 transactions were made in this period

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VAIL RESORTS INCORPORATED, PERISHER BLUE PTY LTD, CORELOGIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, RP DATA LIMITED, ZIRTANIUM PTY LTD, ZIRKY REAL ESTATE, AMALGAMATED HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX AHD, MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS GROUP LIMITED

Private auctions – oh, so homely

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Original article by Michael Bleby
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 2 : 2-Apr-15

Opinion is divided regarding the merits of selling a residential property via a private auction. Buyers’ advocate David Morrell notes that private auctions can distort the property market due to the lack of data on the results of such auctions. Abercrombys Real Estate’s Rob Vickers-Willis says private auctions allow vendors to avoid having people turn up just to have a look at the property

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ABERCROMBYS REAL ESTATE PTY LTD, JLW PTY LTD, CORELOGIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, RP DATA LIMITED

Ball-up or down in the dumps

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Original article by John Stensholt
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 2-Apr-15

The 2015 Australian Football League (AFL) season begins on 2 April, amid the ongoing controversy over Essendon Football Club’s supplements saga. The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority has indicated that it may appeal after the AFL’s Anti-Doping Tribunal exonerated all of the Essendon players. Some 350 people became Essendon members immediately after the ruling, and the club expects a big profit in 2015

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AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AGENCY, SYDNEY SWANS FOOTBALL CLUB, CARLTON FOOTBALL CLUB, RICHMOND FOOTBALL CLUB, INTERNATIONAL COURT FOR ARBITRATION IN SPORT, COLLINGWOOD FOOTBALL CLUB, MOELIS AND COMPANY, GOLD COAST FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED, GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY FOOTBALL CLUB

CBA customers face deposit tax hit

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Original article by James Eyers, Clancy Yeates
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 2-Apr-15

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has expressed its support for the financial system inquiry’s recommendation to introduce a tax on deposits to cover the costs of any bank collapse. The proposed tax would amount to $A500 million a year in total for the sector. In a submission to Treasury in response to the inquiry’s recommendations, CBA stated that the tax might be passed on to its customers

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AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, CUSTOMER OWNED BANKING ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED – ASX NAB, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA

Wesfarmers criticises ‘effects test’

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Original article by Julie-Anne Sprague
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 10 : 2-Apr-15

The final report of the Harper review of competition law has recommended strengthening existing laws on the misuse of market power. However, retail giants Woolworths and Wesfarmers do not support the introduction of a so-called "effects test", and Wesfarmers CEO Richard Goyder believes that it may in fact adversely affect consumers. An effects test has the support of National Farmers’ Federation CEO Simon Talbot

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WESFARMERS LIMITED – ASX WES, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, NATIONAL FARMERS’ FEDERATION LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, COLES GROUP LIMITED

Lively second half tipped for oil, gas M&A

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Original article by Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 40 : 2-Apr-15

Wood Mackenzie has forecast an upturn in mergers and acquisitions activity in the oil and gas sector in the second half of 2015, due to the downturn in the crude oil price. The price of Brent crude oil was trading at around $US55 per barrel on 1 April, compared with $US115 in mid-2014. Wood Mackenzie also expects growth in demand for LNG in Asia to slow in response to the falling price of oil

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WOOD MACKENZIE, WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED – ASX WPL

Stamp duty ‘unfair and inefficient’

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Original article by Rebecca Thistleton
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 47 : 2-Apr-15

Property Council of Australia CEO Ken Morrison has called for government action on the issue of stamp duty, describing it as an inefficient and volatile tax. He argues that the best option for replacing stamp duty would be to increase the goods and services tax and widen its scope. He has also suggested the option of a broad-based land tax, of the type that is being introduced in the Australian Capital Territory to replace stamp duty

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PROPERTY COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY. DEPT OF THE CHIEF MINISTER

1 in 8 domestic travellers to Melbourne attends a live sporting match or race

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 1-Apr-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 4.5 per cent of Australians aged 14+ attended a sporting event on their most recent domestic holiday. The survey also shows that 12.8 per cent of domestic travellers to Melbourne attended at least one spectator sporting event in the two years to December 2014, ahead of Adelaide (8.5 per cent) and Darwin (6.7 per cent). Sports tourists are also 76 per cent more likely to go to nightclubs or bars and 42 per cent more likely to go shopping than the average holiday-maker

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