Category: News

Anne’s Bday

One of our longest serving employee’s Anne Inglis is celebrating her 40th Birthday tomorrow. We wish her a very Happy Birthday and hope her family and friends spoil her. Happy Birthday Anne!

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ANZ lifts rates

We note ANZ have moved their rates UP 0.06% This will come into play from the 20th of April All this is beyond our control of course. If you want to consider fixed rates give us a call or even if you want to discuss a strategy to offset things

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Austral Touch Footy Wrap up

Unfortunately not a week the Austral Lending Bulldogs were looking for in the local Touch Footy Tournament. Tuesday night saw the Mixed Team play after the Easter break. Unfortunately they did no better than the two teams last night with the Mixed, Masters and Division 2 teams all going down.

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Austral Lending Footy Tipping Comp

We are only a few weeks in to our Austral Lending Footy Tipping Comp and in a week where it was anyone’s guess who would win one of our tipsters picked a Perfect round!! After six rounds and an extra two bonus points the leader is now on 33 points

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What are carbon credits?

Before explaining what a carbon credit is, we should first explain what carbon offsetting is. Put simply, carbon offsetting is a way for people and businesses to invest in projects that prevent or reduce greenhouse gas emissions from being released into the atmosphere. A carbon credit is a formal recognition

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ANZ: Foreigners hold ‘odd’ views about house prices

Foreign investors have “very odd” views about Australian property and fret that housing prices may yet collapse, according to a senior Australian banking executive. “Overseas investors have a very odd set of views about Australian property prices,” Phil Chronican, ANZ’s chief executive of its Australian operations, said today. “They on

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Tax planning time – Use Equipment finance

With the 3rd BAS quarter behind us now, it’s a good time to be considering your tax planning to ensure that come 30th June you have taken measures to reduce your tax burden. With three quarters of the year now behind you, you should have a fairly good idea of

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Easter DIY Projects

With the Easter break upon us, it’s an excellent time to tackle that DIY project you’ve been putting off. Perhaps you want to build some extra storage space for the kids, or maybe you need to overhaul your dated 1980’s bathroom. The key to success when undertaking a DIY assignment

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Savings – how to start teaching your kids

I came across this info on how to show our kids to start saving, start work life early and begin to understand the ‘cost of living’ This is some thing that is essential for getting ahead in life and goes hand in hand with planning for a future. The below

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Cash is King at Easter at time

Our friends at Cashflow Finance, who specialise in Debtor Finance, have helped keep the easter eggs flowing to a lot of families in CQ and NQ. The following is an extract from one of their recent articles…” With Easter almost upon us, it is important to reflect on some trends

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