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Reports on the growth in the number of billionaires in Australia. Billionaires in the 2005 BRW Rich 200 list of the richest Australians; Sources of wealth; Changes in the list. INSETS: The demography of big money.;Welcome to the family.;The outback states get richer..

Focuses on the influence of Australia's most powerful networks that spreads way beyond business. Importance of networks in business enterprises; Possibility that McKinsey & Co. has done more than any other company to engineer a network around itself; Advantages offered by networks for businesses; Ability of McKinsey & Company to convert a potential weakness into ones of its great strengths; Creation by BT Australia of diaspora in which its former people have colonized every corner of Australian business.

Discusses social trends which necessitate the adjustment of business to the changing demands of consumers in Australia. Impact of ageing baby boomers on public spending; Decision of fathers to spend more quality time with their children; Recommendation for investments in apartments.

Lists the richest people in Australia in year 2003. Real estate developer, John Gandel; Retailers Alan Green and John Law; Profits of Kerry Harmanis from nickel mining; Expansion of the mobile phone chain of John Ilhan.

Reports on the status of the Australian real property market. Reason behind the growth of the industry; Estimated amount earned by property executives in 2002; Strategies used by property executives in response to the shortage of properties and increased competition; Estimated size of the investment-grade property sector; Estimated worth of the country's listed property trust; Reasons why property companies are looking overseas for property purchases.

Discusses the possibility of a deflation in the U.S. in light of the country's preparations for a possible attack of Iraq. Move by President George W. Bush to counter deflation through a one-trillion-dollar fiscal stimulus fund; Dangers of deflation; Parallels between America's disinflation and Japan's decade of deflation. INSET: THREE DEFLATION SCENARIOS..

Focuses on big banks' restructuring of their private banking services in Australia. Investment strategies of private banks; Investment banks' focus on mass-affluent clients; Resources that financial institutions put into their clients.

Reports on developments related to corporate directors in Australia. Changes in the director recruitment practices of companies; Survey of directors in Australia and New Zealand conducted by recruitment firm Korn Ferry International; Increase in diversity of corporate board composition; Survey of companies included in the Standard & Poor's/ASX 200 index conducted by the 'BRW' magazine.

Focuses on the average return of the hedge funds of investor David Zobel in Australia. Impact of the Internet on the hedge funds; Returns of hedge funds to the equities market; Collapse of Long Term Capital Management.

Reports on the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Industrial Relations Commission's concerns on the pursuit of high economic growth. Basis of the commission's decision allowing workers to refuse overtime; Factors contributing to anti-growth sentiments in the country; Role of businesses in countering anti-growth sentiments.

Focuses on the representation of women in business in Australia. Need for women to maintain a commitment in business; Details on the business success of Imelda Roche, former owner of the Nutri-Metics cosmetics business; Efforts of women to understand the psyche of men in senior corporate roles.

Focuses on collectibles as an investment in Australia. Importance of diversity; Art collection; Ratings of the best investments in 2001 and 2002; Vehicles that are undervalued.

Focuses on the production of multiple members of the Rich 200 by five companies in the United States. Emphasis on hardwork and old-economy values; Increase on the wealth of Harvey Norman millionaires; Formula for growth according to chairman Richard Pratt of Visy Industries.

Examines the impact of the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. on the economic conditions in Australia. Economic recession; Interest rates; Currency; Performance of various companies in several industries.

Discusses the increasing interest of modest retail investors in hedge funds in Australia. Fund structure; Estimated volume of hedge funds worldwide; Rate of return of hedge funds. INSETS: A TEST OF NEW CONFIDENCE.;FIVE SIGNS OF TROUBLE..

Focuses on the high technology companies in Australia which were able to survive the challenges faced by the technology sector in 2000. Role models of such companies; Wealth generation in the sector; Strengths of such companies. INSETS: LOOKSMART'S WILD SIDE.;SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.;ERG SHOWS THE WAY IN SMART SYSTEMS.;BEING ADULT IS ONLINE GUARANTEE.

Reports on the Australia-based National Competition Council's (NCC) efforts to reform the professions in the country as of November 10, 2000. Doctors' reactions to the leaflet issued by NCC President Graeme Samuel; Professions' rejection of the claims made by the leaflet.

Focuses on the increasing employment demand for aged executives in Australia. Importance of age and experience in business; Problems encountered by companies in recruiting back aged executives; Examples of companies recognizing the value of experience and age; Recruitment strategies.

Focuses on the richest people in Australia as of October 27, 2000. Increase in the wealth of businessman Kerry Packer; Background on the sources of wealth of the wealthiest businessmen in the country; Factors affecting the increase in wealth of the country's richest people.

Profiles the new entrants to the `Business Review Weekly' Rich 200 list who are younger, did not inherit wealth and made their fortunes from technology. New entrants' average age; Foreign birth for 13 percent of new entrants; No significant inherited wealth; Women comprising 15 percent of new entrants.

Focuses on developments related to the currency markets in Australia as of January 14, 2000. Australia's role in the global financial markets; Factors affecting the Australian dollar's market performance. INSET: Is a nod as good as a wink?.

Focuses on the effects of Japan's economic crisis on the world economy. Devaluation of the yen as a tool for the reflation of the country's banking system; Fluctuations between the yen and the United States dollar; Influence of population age on the country's economy. INSETS: Inflation to the rescue.;Why returns are a priority..

Investigates the impact of the aging of the population in Australia. Redefinition of popular culture; Creation of growth hot spots and new markets; Spending power of persons aged 55 and above; Increasing health and leisure spending of the population. INSETS: All work and no pay...;How spending patterns change.;You're just too hip, baby, by Simon Lloyd.;Finding new tricks for old dogs.

Presents information on how lobby organizations hold their influence in Australian government by recruiting chief executives who have skills in politics rather than their particular industry. Example of the appointment of Robert Bain as the secretary-general of the Australian Medical Association; His successful campaigning for the forestry industry; Other executives that lobby for industries in which they previously had no experience; Difficulties of lobbying in Australia.

Discusses the impact of technology on political lobbying in Australia. How technology has changed the way information is gathered and presented to government; Changes in the political power dynamic; How politicians use technology; Use of technology by businesses in politics; Views of lobbyist Andrew Parker, of Parker and Partners, Canberra; Lobbying techniques imported from the United States; Gaining grassroots support.

Focuses on a survey conducted by A.C. Nielsen on the response of the chief executives to the proposed tax changes of the Australian government. Elaboration on the tax reform package; Information on the respondents' assessment of the government's performance; Response to the question of under which party will Australia benefit the most. INSETS: New players, new games, new chances;Business puts it on the line.

Reports on industry policy in Australia in September of 1998 as the government heads towards the election. Why industry policy fails to receive notice; The Australian Labor Party's `Labor's Industry Policy for the New Century'; Discussion of ALP's candidate for industry policy minister, Simon Crean; The ALP's proposals including an investment-attraction fund and a development allowance to provide tax deductions. INSET: Business falls in behind the Liberals.

Profiles Australia's Minister for Workplace Relations, Peter Reith. His chances of being appointed to Prime Minister if John Howard is ousted; Waterfront reform as one of his priorities and possibly his greatest challenge; Reith's popularity among industry lobby groups as well as sections of the union movement; Reith seen as focused and willing to reach out to people; His background in government.

Reports on the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) and their plans for a stock exchange listing as a new company, AWB Ltd. Trevor Flugge, chairman of the board on the hurdles in the way; Issues surrounding AWB's single desk approach; Western Australia (WA) farmers unhappy with the board; Comments from Chris Moffett of the grains section; Possibility of a separate WA wheat-marketing authority.

The article discusses the ways economists are directing their expertise to measuring and explaining human behavior. With the aid of economic tools, a whole range of issues can be examined which includes economics of honesty, economics of beauty, economics of racism and economics of love. Like for instance in the economics of racism, economics has allowed discrimination to be analyzed scientifically and allowed discrimination to be depoliticized which produces bad economic results.

Profiles former politician-turned-Macquarie Bank executive director Warwick Smith. Job responsibility; Career background; Political achievements.

Provides information on young rich people in Australia. Value of assets of mobile-phone retailer John Ilhan; Ranking of Peter Hosking as one of the richest person in the country; Inclusion of founders of Dodo Internet firm, Igor Gilenko and Larry Kestelman.

Examines the economic and political implications of an imbalance between demand and supply in Australia. Views on demand and production by Citigroup economist Paul Brennan; Impact of household income on trade deficit; Rise in interest rates; Statements on the economy by the Reserve Bank of Australia; Optimism about exports by Macquarie Bank economist Richard Gibbs.

Examines the results of BRW's survey of most admired business leaders in Australia. Most admired chief executive officers; Personal characteristics of most admired executives; Ultimate objective of a good chief executive; Most admired companies; Perception of companies in terms of future performance; Best placed to deal with future challenges; Most admired boards.

Looks at budget allocation for Australian states. New South Wales and Victorian Governments' complain over the lack of funding they received from the federal government; Challenges involved in the distribution of revenue and payments to states; Controversy over the success of goods and services tax (GST)

Focuses on the boom experienced by the rich in Australia. Corporate profits of the rich people in the real property business; Total wealth of the richest 200 people in the country; Achievement of the biggest increase by businessmen Kerry Packer.

Focuses on the emergence of behavioral economics to overcome obstacles to market analysis in Australia. Test of how people act in a market; Recognition of factors in behavior of people not accounted in the conventional economic model; Replacement of idealised assumption on rationality.

Presents statistics pertaining to employment in Australia. Proportion of Australians who do not have jobs; Lowest national unemployment rate recorded.

Compares the economic performance of states and territories in Australia. Agreement to stop bidding wars to attract capital to Australia; Efforts to put an end to one state poaching companies from others by offering them assistance; Reasons why the agreement was made; Assistance to business from state and federal governments in 2001-2002; Relationship between government and business; Determinants of investment.

Highlights the results of a survey of chief executive officers in Australia, on issues pertaining to business and politics. Suggestion that Opposition has lost the respect of business; Simon Crean's need to show he has the stature to be Prime Minister after winning the ALP leadership election; Business' lack of confidence that Crean or Kim Beazly are capable of leading Labor to victory.

Focuses on the financial status of rich people in Australia. Combined worth of Australia's richest people; Superannuation balances of rich people.

Focuses on the uncertainty of hedge fund investments in 2003 according to investment advisers. Necessity for markets to be generally positive to get consistent returns according to investors; Identification of the areas of weakness that hedge funds investors need to assess.

Reports the contribution of the industrial sector to the economic growth in Australia. Growth the building materials sector; Reduction in telephony prices; Increase in demand for information technology.

Focuses on the industrial life of Dick Warburton, chairman of David Jones, Caltex Australia and the Board of Taxation in Australia. Involvement in industrial relations reform; Details on the public fight with the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission; Distinction between executive and non-executive roles.

Discusses the collapse of the equity markets in the U.S. Reasons for the collapse; Over-valued share prices in the market; Impact of the fall in the U.S. market on the Australian market; Arguments for and against a U.S. recession.

Profiles the top three richest men in Australia. Kerry Packer; Frank Lowly; Richard Pratt.

Focuses on the culture change in Australian stockbroking firm JBWere. Motivation of the company in shifting from retail broking to corporate advisory; Recommendation of the firm on Air New Zealand shares; Information on the strenghts and weaknesses of the firm.

Examines key issues and developments relevant to the magazine publishing industry in Australia. Advertising spending in magazines; Profit margins of publishers; Implications for publishers.

Presents the views of company executives and the business community concerning the 2001 federal elections in Australia. Government policies on labor and business; Business support to politicians and political parties; Implications for politics and economics. INSET: THE COST OF RED TAPE..