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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases labour force data for February. In equities news, hearings by the Senate Economics Committee in its inquiry into the impact of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry continue in Sydney. The case of packagers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... infrastructure needs in Sydney. Lehman Brothers vs Wingecarribee Shire Council continues in Federal Court. The Senate Economics Committee will hold a session in Sydney for its inquiry into competition within the Australian banking sector. The Senate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... Court in Sydney, packagers Amcor Ltd and Visy Group face charges of price-fixing. In Melbourne, the Senate Economics Committee continues hearings in its inquiry into the impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry. On Monday, the Australian ...

Super is not for winning votes

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... rules," he said. "And I represent a fund that has nurses and teachers in it, and I appear before the Senate Economics Committee and they tried to tell me that the nurses and teachers were the wealthy. Give me a break, the same amount of thought that ...

Senate C'tee rebuffs calls to lower foreign withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... has released a study arguing our local funds management industry could be a major export earner, the Senate Economics Committee has rejected industry lobbying that foreign investor withholding tax be lowered. "The case is not well made that this change ...

Employers should give TFNs to super funds: Mercer

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
... additional 31.5 per cent tax on top of the normal 15 per cent contributions tax. In a submission to the Senate Economics Committee Mercer has recommended that employers should be required to pass on current employees' TFNs (where they are known) to the ...