Friday 11 February 2011

Parramatta. New radio station in CBD

Commercial radio station, 2GW, has commenced broadcasting to service Western Sydney. 2GW is a sister station of 2ME a 24-hour Arabic language commercial station. Both stations broadcast from studios in Macquarie Street, in the Parramatta CBD. 2GW can be heard at 1611 on the AM band.

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North Ryde. Flannery heads commission

Professor Tim Flannery, at Macquarie University, has been appointed to head a six-member Climate Change Commission to help sell the federal government’s public message about climate change and the importance of putting a price on carbon. The commission has been allocated a budget of $5.6 million over the next four years.

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Libcombe. Nick Scali profit down

Nick Scali, furniture importer and retailer, at Lidcombe, posted a 5.7 per cent fall in net profit as trading conditions deteriorated during the last half. Same-store sales were down 2.7 per cent but margins were maintained despite aggressive discounting The peak selling month of January had been very strong, said MD, Anthony Scali.

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