Carolyn A. McCann

Sep 19, 2024 | westpac.com.au | Liam Cormican |Carolyn A. McCann |Marina Gainulina |Matthew Hassan

The U.S. Federal Reserve has kicked off its easing cycle with a bigger-than-expected 50 basis point interest rate cut, but don’t expect that to prompt an earlier policy shift from the Reserve Bank.  The Fed move makes the RBA an outlier among global central banks in not having begun to cut rates, with the European Central Bank, Bank of England, Bank of Canada and the RBNZ all having eased in recent months.

Sep 17, 2024 | westpac.com.au | Liam Cormican |Carolyn A. McCann |Marina Gainulina |Pat Bustamante

At their Rocklea operation, old cars, appliances and construction materials are piled in a tower five stories high, while an electric crane (one of only two in Australia) picks up the materials and feeds them into a giant shredder that spits out chunks of metal ready to be put in shipping containers and sent to Southeast Asia. From there the metal will be reprocessed and made into new products by companies such as BlueScope Steel.

Sep 16, 2024 | westpac.com.au | Liam Cormican |Carolyn A. McCann |Marina Gainulina |James Thornhill

There’s a blue tree in the grounds of Denison Park, home of the Bowen Seagulls rugby league club, that signals to young players that they’re entering a safe space. The north Queensland-based Seagulls have been named community club of the year in the NRL’s annual community awards, which are presented by Westpac.

Aug 25, 2024 | westpac.com.au | James Thornhill |Josh Wall |Marina Gainulina |Carolyn A. McCann

If you have ever fallen for a scam, or know someone close to you that has, you’ll know that it can take a heavy emotional toll. We may like to think that we’re too smart to be fooled, but in reality scammers are sophisticated operators  who catch out people from all walks of life.

Aug 22, 2024 | westpac.com.au | James Thornhill |Josh Wall |Carolyn A. McCann |Liam Cormican

When Westpac customer Eleanor* received a text from her 28-year-old daughter Cara saying she had a new phone number, she thought nothing of it. But after innocently texting with the person she thought was Cara, the mum almost found herself $1,000 worse off after falling victim to a common scam. “I regularly text with Cara. She lives out of home, and we check in with each other all the time.