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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... was up 10 points at 5,424. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases June labour force data. And, the NAB's June Quarter Australian Residential Property Survey is expected. In equities news, Telstra chief executive ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... was up 10 points at 5,424. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases June labour force data. And, the NAB's June Quarter Australian Residential Property Survey is expected. In equities news, Telstra chief executive ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... year. This included among others, lowering company taxes, increasing women's and older workers participation in the labour force, lifting the birth rate (because of its ageing population), promoting the use of foreign workers, and so on. Then again ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,442. In economic news on Thursday, labour force data for May will be released. In company news, Nexus Energy shareholders will meet to vote on Seven Group's proposed takeover. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... in the second quarter. Locally, in economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases April's labour force figures and March's overseas arrivals and departures numbers. The West Australian budget will be brought down on Thursday. ...

Higher pension age to drive increase in early super releases

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... only a minority of the workforce. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 10% of Australia's 11.5 million labour force are labourers and a further 15% are technicians and trade workers. This 25% labour force share translates into 2.8 million ...

Promises promises and broken promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... probably be some time yet before unemployment declines consistently." The RBA was obviously referring to April's labour force report that showed employers added a much larger than expected 18,100 staff over the month and the unemployment rate dropping ...

Mother doesn't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... the details of the report reveals that this was mainly due to the a whopping 806K job seekers dropping out of the labour force.A The participation rate fell to 62.8% in April - the lowest level in 36 years -- from 63.2 in the previous month. Not good ...

Age Pension to rise to 70 by 2035

MARK SMITH, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... Male Total Average Weekly Earnings. The policy rationale for using this benchmark is weak as the increase in female labour force participation means a wage measure covering only males is an anachronism in the context of contemporary Australia." The commission ...

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... superannuation and create a universal (non-means tested) age pension, similar to the approach taken in New Zealand where labour force participation among older people is higher than in Australia. "A universal pension would create a level playing field ...