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Mutual interest beats banks

IT'S one of Melbourne's oldest and most significant buildings but a year ago the Royal Society of Victoria headquarters was in a dire state.

The continent of Australia was still not completely known, and Sir John Forrest, the West Australian Premier, was receiving reports from the Elder expedition dispatched to the colony's inland. David Lindsay, leading the expedition, reported that severe drought had afflicted the settled parts and they had had to turn back..read more

NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK would be permitted to make a move on the 300-plus branches that Royal Bank of Scotland could be forced to sell in a shake-up of the British banking market.