Category Business and Trade

A woman with drive – from typewriters to trucking

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Heather Jones

By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 27.07.2010 (The Sydney Morning Herald): When Heather Jones decided to launch a solely female owned and operated multi-truck company in the resource-rich rugged landscape of Western Australia, few thought she would survive in what is predominantly a male business.

But six years on, her aptly named Success Transport company has become a profitable enterprise.

Jones was working as a secretary for a mining company, when a call went out for Haulpak drivers. Having grown around motorbikes and cars, she promptly exchanged her typewriter with a seat behind the wheel and progressed to driving long-haul trucks.

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Banking on a career in cupcakes

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Ghazaleh Lyari Photo Credit: © Neena Bhandari

By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 01.07.2010 (The Sydney Morning Herald): A former Wall Street investment banker who gave up the big bucks for a career in cupcakes has proven she still has a head for numbers, this week opening her third store.

Ghazaleh Lyari worked as a banker with start-up technology companies during the dot.com boom and bust, helping at least one 10-person operation transform itself into a 5000-strong company.

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From uranium to naan, India-Australia business links growing

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By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, (IANS): While dining at the plush Oberoi Hotel in the Indian capital New Delhi, you probably didn’t know the hot tandoori chicken and naan on your platter was from an Australian-made oven. But Brisbane-based Beech Ovens that has been selling tandoori ovens to India is just one example of the growing economic ties between the two countries.

“The success of Australia’s long-term engagement with India will rely heavily on the commercial links built up by Australian businesses,” stressed Federal Minister for Trade Warren Truss Wednesday while delivering the Australia India Business Council (AIBC) Accor-Qantas India Independence Day speech on “Breaking new ground” in Adelaide.

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