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News Corp exit will not hurt ASX, says Humphry

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
... investigation into embattled building materials company James Hardie Industries. James Hardie is currently the subject of a NSW inquiry into a fund it established to handle claims related to asbestos illnesses. An independent report by accounting firm ...

Labor, coalition combined to defend current MP super benefits

... that would have seen superannuation entitlements for MP's wound back levels in line with community standards. A Senate Inquiry was told last month that the notional employer contribution to the current scheme for MPs is more than 67% of salary, more ...

Big business to urge easing of corporate laws on exec pay

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2004
... publish the pay packets of their top executives. The Business Council of Australia will appear before a parliamentary inquiry into a proposed shake-up of corporate laws and argue the government has gone too far. The Business Council, which represents ...

ASIC launches inquiry into super funds

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2004
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has launched an inquiry into superannuation funds. Seventy-two Australian fund managers have had their investment practices examined as part of an inquiry into possible market manipulation ...

Democrats to test Latham's resolve on super reform

... Democrats have been calling for reform of the parliamentary superannuation scheme for a decade. We initiated a Senate Inquiry in 1997, which concluded that the scheme was overly generous, but Labor failed to take any reform plans to the 1998 or 2001 ...

Treasurer announces two appointments to Productivity Commission

... the end of November 2003. Mr Fitzgerald served as an associate commissioner on the Productivity Commission's landmark inquiry into Australia's gambling industries, and has also served on a number of other government boards and inquiries. Philip Weickhardt ...

First home buyers housing affordability falls to record low

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
... the continuing downward trend in housing affordability underlines the importance of the current Productivity Commission Inquiry into First Home Ownership. HIA's Chief Economist Simon Tennent said that it's time for all levels of government to work together ...

Property seminar spruiker Kaye companies placed in receivership

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2003
... of the process. Outspoken critic of Henry Kaye, real estate consumer advocate Neil Jenman today called for a national inquiry or Royal Commission into what he described as "one of the greatest consumer scandals in this country today". Human Resources ...

RBA takes aim at property tax breaks

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2003
... price boom, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. In its submission to the Productivity Commission's home ownership inquiry, the bank dismissed a shortage of houses or land as the reason house prices had more than doubled over the past 10 years. ...

Consumer watchdog signals two-year ban on genetic testing

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it wanted to give insurers and the government time to absorb the recommendations of an inquiry into human genetics. An interim ban on genetic testing - which could allow insurers to discriminate against customers more ...