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Producing the scores that moved a nation

20 March 2010

Simon Leadley was one of Australia's leading audio and music for film craftsmen. He was a founder of Trackdown Digital, now a world renowned orchestral recording facility in Sydney. Leadley was known as a "Computer Whisperer" who had a sixth sense for how to do things smarter and break through many of the outmoded conventions in his field... read full story

The soundman who shaped what we heard with Australian films

13 March 2010

SIMON Leadley was one of Australia's leading audio and music-for-film craftsmen. A founder of Trackdown Digital, now a world renowned orchestral recording facility in Sydney, he was known as a "computer whisperer" who had a sixth sense on how to do things smarter and break through many of the outmoded conventions in his field... read full story

ANZ agrees to out-of-court settlement with former executive

6 March 2010

ANZ has agreed to an out-of-court settlement with former institutional boss Steve Targett, who sued the bank for $57 million after being passed over for chief executive... read full story

START THE WEEK

10 January 2010

The dollar.. read full story

The people's bank: just a warm, fuzzy feeling

29 December 2009

It has got such a simple ring to it: A People's Bank. It's pithy and easy to understand. And it is a concept that people are unlikely to run away from even when the words "publicly owned" are mentioned in the same sentence... read full story

Outsiders top the shortlist for boss

21 October 2009

The search for a new chief executive for BT Investment Management has narrowed to two candidates, and the part Westpac-owned funds manager has reportedly shunned local contenders with offshore names on the shortlist. The funds management arm of BT Financial appointed the executive search firm Egon Zehnder to find a replacement for Dirk Morris in June... read full story

Reserve weighs up early rate rise

6 October 2009

AUSTRALIA is poised to lead the developed world in lifting interest rates, and home owners may be hit by higher borrowing costs from today... read full story

Film

18 September 2009

BOX OFFICE TOP FIVE1. Up.. read full story

Big chill: Reserve set to ignore signs of a hiring freeze

7 July 2009

THE Reserve Bank board is likely to hold its nerve and keep interest rates steady despite new evidence pointing to a hiring freeze and jump in unemployment... read full story