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News Archive 2008

• New branch at Elanora, Gold Coast

  Date: 22/12/2008

  Gold Coast residents have another way to access the services of a leading building society with today's opening of the Greater Building Society's new branch at Elanora, west of Currumbin.

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• Greater cuts variable home loan rate

  Date: 05/12/2008

  Greater cuts variable home loan rate

  The Greater Building Society announced today that it will be reducing its variable home loan rate by 0.90%.

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• John Kilpatrick named Greater's new chairman

  Date: 01/12/2008

  After 22 years at the helm, Ian Nelmes is stepping down as Greater Building Society chairman. Current Greater director and former Lake Macquarie mayor John Kilpatrick will take up the role.

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• Greater and HIA help first home buyers with Great Australian Dream

  Date: 26/11/2008

  Help is at hand for first time home buyers wishing to take advantage of the record financial assistance on offer to achieve the “Great Australian Dream”.

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• Greater cuts interest rates

  Date: 06/11/2008

  Greater cuts home loan interest rates by 70 points (0.7%)

  The Greater Building Society today announced that it will decrease its standard variable home loan interest rate by 70 basis points (0.7%) to 7.55%.

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• Government Deposit Guarantee - Update

  Date: 29/10/08

  In an amendment to the new Government Deposit Guarantee scheme annonuced on 12 October 2008, the guarantee will be capped to a maximum amount of $1 million per customer relationship.

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• Olympic Scholarships - Getting ready for 2012

  Date: 06/11/2008

  Hunter's best Olympic hopes given boost to preparations

  Getting ready for 2012

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• DHA & Greater Property Investment Seminars

  Date: 28/10/2008

  Greater and Defence Housing promote unique property investment

  Free information seminars in the Hunter and Central Coast

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• Government Deposit Guarantee

  Date: 13/10/2008

  In response to current global economic conditions the Prime Minister announced on 12 October 2008 a new scheme to guarantee all deposits held in Australian Banks, Building Societies and Credit Unions.

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• Greater Cuts Home Loan Rate

  Date: 08/10/2008

  The Greater Building Society has announced today that it will decrease its standard variable home loan interest rate by 80 basis points (0.8%) to 8.25 per cent.

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• Greater reduces home loan rates

  Date: 03/09/2008

  The Greater Building Society today announced it was reducing its standard variable home loan interest rate by 0.25 percent to 9.05%

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• Greater signs new insurance deal with Allianz

  Date: 29/08/2008

  The Greater Building Society (Greater) and Allianz Australia Insurance Limited (Allianz) today announced they had signed a five year contract to distribute general insurance products to Greater members.

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• Greater Customer Survey 2008 Terms and Conditions

  Date: 18/09/2008

  The Terms and Conditions for the 2008 Greater Customer Survey are attached.

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• 2012 Olympic Scholarships open

  Date: 30/07/2008

  Applications for Greater Building Society Sports Scholarships open August 1.

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• Lucky local Visa cardholder off to cheer on the Aussies in Beijing

  Date: 24/07/08

  Let the Games begin…

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• Greater increases standard variable home loan interest rate to 9.30%

  Date: 24/07/08

  The Greater Building Society will lift its standard variable home loan interest rate by 0.20 percent to 9.30 percent.

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• Greater goes mobile in New England and Northern District

  Date: 11/07/08

  Rural customers will benefit from the Greater Building Society's expansion of its mobile banking service into the New England and Northern District regions.

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• Bigger, better branch in Taree is officially opened

  Date: 03/07/08

  It is official. Greater Building Society customers have a larger, more convenient, one stop shop to cater for all of their financial needs.

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• Old Greater computers help those helping others

  Date: 03/07/08

  A number of not-for-profit organizations will receive a helping hand to following the donation of 30 second hand computers by the Greater Building Society to Wesley Mission Newcastle.

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• Greater’s new $5.7M disaster recovery centre online

  Date: 01/07/08

  The Greater Building Society's new $5.7 million disaster recovery centre is fully operational from today (May 1) following the completion of final commissioning and testing.

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• Magin makes new appointments at Greater

  Date: 14/04/08

  Greater Building Society's new chief executive Don Magin has announced several new appointments as he takes the reigns at one of Australia's largest building societies.

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• Greater increases standard variable interest rate to 8.95%

  Date: 12/03/08

  The Greater Building Society has followed other major Australian lenders in increasing its home loan interest rates following last week's increase in the cash rate by the Reserve Bank of Australia.

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• Greater CEO to retire in April

  Date: 01/02/08

  Long serving Greater Building Society chief executive John Arnold is retiring after 17 years at the helm of one of Australia's largest building societies.

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• Greater increases variable interest rate

  Date: 31/01/2008

  The Greater Building Society has been left with no choice but to follow the other major Australian banks and building societies in increasing its home loan interest rates, chief executive John Arnold said today.

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• Hunter people star in Hunter based building society TV campaign

  Date: 09/01/08

  Greater Building Society regional manager Kevin Buckley has no delusions of stardom but says he has had a brush with fame this week after appearing in the building society's new TV advertising campaign.

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