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Sport 09 Mar 2026

Success, growth the Bears’ necessities

Ben Morton brings both political and business experience to his role as chair of the Perth Bears.

Retail 27 Oct 2025

Cashies to raise $25m

Cash Converters International's push to further increase its corporate store footprint on the east coast appears set to continue.

Retail 27 Aug 2025

Cashies operating profit up 20pc

Cash Converters International has returned increases in operating and statutory net profits in FY25.

Retail 11 Aug 2025

Cashies furthers expansion across Australia

Cash Converters International boss Sam Budiselik says the company's plan to expand within Australia's most populated areas on the east coast is working.

Sport 23 Apr 2025

Connecting with community, corporates

Sponsor outreach and exposure remain a key focus for many of WA's sporting codes, while grassroots development nurtures the next generation of stars.

Retail 24 Feb 2025

Cash Converters operating profit up 24pc

Cash Converters managing director Sam Budiselik says the company's improved assessment of credit risk has aided the company's half-year financial performance.

Sport 10 Oct 2024

Bears chair committed to cause

Western Bears bid chair Peter Cumins says he remains committed to rugby league in WA, irrespective of which direction plans for a new Perth-based franchise may head.

Sport 27 Aug 2024

Bears ‘under care and control’ of WA

Western Australia’s National Rugby League bid representatives have reiterated the importance of the Western Bears being ‘under the care and control’ of WA.

Sport 14 Aug 2024

WA and Bears submit NRL bid

The submission deadline for National Rugby League expansion bids closes on Wednesday, with a Western Australia-backed consortium in the mix to become the league's 18th franchise in 2027.

Sport 02 Jul 2024

WA NRL bid needs to raise $30m

Western Australia’s bid consortium needs to raise $30 million to support its push towards a National Rugby League licence, bid chair Peter Cumins says.

Retail 03 May 2024

Momentum important for Cashies

Despite a slight dip in revenue following the festive season, Cash Converters is keen to build on its momentum for the remainder of the 2024 financial year.

News 29 Feb 2024

Cash Converters records $9.9m profit

Lender and second-hand goods retailer Cash Converters has announced it recorded a $9.9 million statutory net profit after tax during the first six months of the 2024 financial year.

Appointments 08 Oct 2023

Board Moves September 25 to October 6, 2023

Our board moves wrap includes Casta Tungaraza, Serge Ngandu, Nicolle Fleming, Mark Ashby, Darren Naylor, Oliver Kreuzer, Mohammad Ali Shah, Lawrence Teo, Nick Selby, Greg Jones, Amy Stefonick, Hugh Warner, Chris Hilbrands, Phil Thick, Matthew Gauci, Matthew Worner, Andrew Muir, and Pip Darvall.

Appointments 12 Apr 2023

Board Moves April 12, 2023

Our board moves wrap includes Kelly Moore, Meagan Hamblin, Sonu Cheema, Nathan Maxwell-McGinn, Susan Jones, and Cameron O'Brien.

Appointments 06 Apr 2023

Appointments April 6, 2023

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Tim Marney, Steven Jones, Simon Moncrieff, Joan McKenna Kerr, Ashley Muirhead, Paul Ryan, Alira Kelly, Wyatt Buck, Peter O'Connor, Jonty Gibbs and Ronak Bhimjiani.

Financial Services 21 Feb 2023

Cash Converters hit by double blow

Cash Converters has been forced to tighten up its anti-money laundering program and has flagged plans to write-off its entire goodwill.

Appointments 30 Dec 2022

Board Moves December 28-30, 2022

Our board moves wrap includes Leslie Crockett, Jonty Gibbs, Sonu Cheema, Brian Moller, Katherine Garvey, and Fletcher Hancock.

Special Reports 20 Apr 2022

League tackles growth beyond grass roots

With the Redcliffe Dolphins to enter the NRL next year, WA has a compelling case to make for receiving the league's 18th licence.

Appointments 01 Apr 2022

Board Moves April 1, 2022

Our board moves wrap includes Karl DeMong, Brett Lawrence, Jason Kulas, Timothy Jugmans, Susan Thomas, Ged Hall, Dennis Jensen, Robert Scott, ZhaoYa Wang, WangHong Yang, Rowan Johnston, Ben Laird, Peter Wallace, Lawrence Marshall, Benjamin Donovan, Julien Sanderson, Matthew Carr, Tamara Brown, Michael Skead, and Laurie Marsland.

Retail 25 Feb 2022

Cash Converters confident despite COVID headwinds

Cash Converters has booked stronger revenues for the half-year despite losing a quarter of its trading days to the pandemic, but a revaluation of its stores has hindered the Perth-founded franchise's bottom line.

Financial Services 30 Aug 2021

20 minutes with Sam Budiselik

Journalist Matt Mckenzie talks to Cash Converters managing director Sam Budiselik about the company's financial year results, the subprime loan market, and use of machine learning.

Appointments 01 Jul 2021

Board Moves July 1, 2021

Our board moves wrap includes Simon Dominy, Henry Shiner, Brad Edwards, Leslie Crockett, Michele Anderson, Hansjoerg Plaggemars, Michael Nossal, Peter Bilbe, Kathryn Foster, Greg Cochran, Michael Ruane, Susan Field, and Grant Mooney.

Financial Services 19 Feb 2021

Short-term lender protests credit changes

Australia's largest short-term lender has launched a nation-wide campaign to have changes proposed under a major overhaul of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act scrapped.

Appointments 18 Dec 2020

Board Moves December 18, 2020

Today's board moves wrap includes Nicholas Ong, Sam Budiselik, John Ribbons, Melissa Chapman, Catherine Grant-Edwards, Michael Nossal, DongMei Ye, George Karageorge, Stuart Till, Terry Strapp, Chris Berkefeld, Eugene Nel, John Ciganek, and Bill Oliver.