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Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart.

Billionaire Gina Rinehart has been named business woman of the year at Telstra’s annual awards held in Melbourne last night.

Rinehart, who became Austrailia’s first female billionaire in 2006 and is now valued at almost $3.5 billion, is the owner of Hancock Prospecting, the mining and exploration company left to her by her late father Lang Hancock.

But building Hancock Prospecting into a multi-billion operation was not as simple as stepping into her father’s shoes. Following Lang’s death in 1992, the company was struggling with high debts and crippling cashflow problems. Careful management - and the commodities boom - allowed Rinehart to develop Hancock Prospecting’s Hope Downs mine in a joint venture with Rio Tinto.

The company has several other projects under development, including the Roy Hill iron ore mine in Western Australia and a coal mine in Queensland.

Rinehard said she is excited by the prospect of entering a new era in in international relations.

“There are exciting times ahead for Australia, especially for companies at the forefront of developments with Asia. Both China’s and India’s economies are forecast to double in the next decade, and we are well positioned as a nation to forge valuable and fruitful relationships.”

The award for the young business woman of the year went to Emma Cassar, a former forensic psychologist who is now general manager of the women’s prison system in Victoria.

The business innovation award went to Dr Catherine Foley, chief research scientist at CSIRO, while Rhonda Brighton-Hall, senior vice president of human resources and communication at eyewear company Luxottica won the private and sector award.

Source - James Thomson (http://www.smartcompany.com.au/)

MORE small businesses are confident about posting a profit in the second half of 2009 as the outlook for the domestic economy improves, a survey says.

The findings are in the National Australia Bank’s (NAB) survey of small and medium enterprises (SME) for the June quarter.

The report’s measure of the outlook for profitability among SMEs improved 28 index points to edge into positive territory at plus-one points in the quarter.

A reading above zero indicates optimists outnumber pessimists.

NAB business executive general manager Geoff Greer said while things remained tough for SMEs, the survey represented the “first glimmers of positivity for the future”.

“SME businesses are the real economic drivers in Australia,” Mr Greer said.

“This will be welcome news to businesses and governments who are hoping that we have turned the corner and are beginning to return to a period of prosperity.”

Mr Greer said recent improvements in consumer confidence and government stimulus had had a positive impact on the domestic economy and “in turn had a flow on benefit to SMEs, particularly medium sized businesses”.

The survey’s measure of business confidence among SMEs rose 15 index points to minus-seven points.

Despite the improved outlook for profits, the report found business conditions among SMEs remained sluggish.

The survey’s measure of business conditions rose two index points to minus-10 points in the June quarter.

The finance, insurance and retail sectors experienced the strongest improvement in business conditions, while manufacturing and construction companies suffered.

Among the states, South Australia and Western Australiareported the best business conditions.

The pair, along with New South Wales, were above the national average.

NAB business NSW general manager Jaap Jonkman (Jaap Jonkman) said the survey’s showed optimism among the state’s SMEs was “slowly returning”. Victoria and Queensland were below the national average.

The survey interviewed about 650 companies with an annual turnover of between $2 million and $10 million.

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