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Brumbie: The only Budget numbers that matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... will really be won or lost in the smaller states. No wonder the Budget has been coordinated in the Prime Minister's Department rather than exclusively in Treasury, which is another thing those Budget briefings can sometime forget to mention. Against ...

Aussie super software turns Kiwi

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... Zealand investors. Initially, the package only comes with 'Gatekeeper', designed to connect to NZ's Inland Revenue Department (IRD) and receive saver contributions collected via the PAYE system. However, InvestmentLink New Zealand managing director Maurice ...

Skandia appoints ex-Suncorp exec

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... the retail and institutional markets." Prior to Suncorp, Nicholson also headed up the product and adviser marketing department at Colonial First State and held senior roles at Asgard and Lonsdale.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... following yesterday's board meeting, on the immediate level of official interest rates. In economic news, the Federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations will release its skilled vacancies index for a monthly survey conducted on April 14. ...

FinLit programs damaging schools

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
Teaching financial literacy in primary schools simply adds clutter to an already overcrowded curriculum, said Leonie Trimper, president of the Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA). Citing examples of US schools being forced to cancel morning ...

NSW Govt to launch biodiversity fund

... biodiversity impact of any land development through a centralised offset and credit-based scheme. The brainchild of the NSW Department of the Environment and Climate Change, the scheme is two-pronged. There will be a public register that will list details ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
Following the announcement by the US that it would impose tariffs on imported paper products from China after its research had shown that they were being subsidized by 10-20 per cent, trade negotiations have become more urgent as key players perceive ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... analysis involved in the water debate has been questioned by Federal Treasury Secretary Dr Ken Henry who says that his department has had little to do with the $10 billion water package announced by the Prime Minister a few months ago. Dr Henry also ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... basis for February, the data indicated that the rise over the last year has been a healthy 6.8 per cent. While the department stores figure fell by 0.9 per cent all major categories rose over the month. Food retailing rose by 1 per cent, clothing and ...

New deputy governor for RBA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of a new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to fill the role left by the promotion of former deputy Glenn Stevens to the role of governor. After more than three decades in various ...