Whether it's a shock jock or a celebrated expat launching a diatribe on our national character, some of the louder voices of public opinion are drowning out the rest of Australia, writes Tim Harcourt.
As Qantas chief Alan Joyce took his seat at Meet the CEO, an Australian School of Business alumni event, the audience was asked “Is Joyce the craziest or the bravest CEO in Australia?”
Tim Harcourt, former Chief Economist at Austrade and author of the best-selling book, The Airport Economist,has been appointed the first J.W. Nevile Fellow in Economics at UNSW.
A new $41 million international finance centre, led by UNSW, could play a key role in preventing another global financial crisis, Vice-Chancellor Fred Hilmer said today.
Insurance premiums are likely to rise for all Australians in the wake of the Queensland floods, even in areas not prone to flooding, says Professor Michael Sherris of the Australian School of Business.
Recent business graduate Shanil Samarakoon is already making his mark, being named Sydney's Social Entrepreneur of the Year for his innovative development project in Africa.
A company founded by a UNSW finance professor to monitor securities markets for insider trading has been sold to NASDAQ, one of the world's largest stock exchanges.
