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RBA to look to wages data for inflation outlook

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Figures out today will give the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) an indication if it needs to tackle potential wages inflation when it meets on interest rates next month. Earlier this month the RBA warned that the strength of the labour market may boost ...

Government launches taskforce to educate consumers about finance

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004
Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan has announced a government taskforce to develop a national plan to tackle financial illiteracy among consumers. Chaired by finance commentator Paul Clitheroe, the taskforce for the National Strategy for Consumer and ...

American wheat growers slam FTA

American wheat growers have criticised a free trade agreement with Australia for failing to tackle export monopolies. The US Wheat Associates said the deal, signed this week, had failed to bring down the export monopoly enjoyed by AWB Ltd. AWB, through ...

ASFA welcomes government's super co-contributions announcement

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has today welcomed the Federal Government's long-awaited co-contributions deal as a welcome and highly positive step towards improved retirement savings. "We are delighted to see that common ...

ASFA strongly argues in favour of a cut in super contributions tax

The elimination of the 15 per cent contributions tax on super in next year's budget would benefit the economic wellbeing of Australians and the nation as a whole, than another minor income tax cut, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds ...

Labor marks Anti-Poverty Week with new proposals

The Federal Opposition Labor party will mark Anti-Poverty Week with a commitment to convene a national summit on poverty and inequality and set targets for income, employment, health, education and community services as part of a whole government strategy ...

TGM announces restructuring

Brisbane-based global macro, currency and overlay manager, Tactical Global Management Limited (TGM), has announced a restructuring of operations and senior management positions. Malcolm Leigh, formerly chief executive officer of the group's London operation ...

Labor proposes stronger corporate disclosure measures

Senator Stephen Conroy, the deputy opposition leader in the senate and the shadow minister for financial services and corporate governance, has said that the self-regulatory approach of the Government is incapable of tackling unbridled corporate greed ...

IFSA and ASFA appeal to Government to reduce super contributions tax

The government's $7.5 billion surplus presents an opportunity to reduce the amount of tax Australians pay on contributions to their superannuation, according to the CEOs of the Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Association of ...

Senator Campbell denounces FSR licence scare tactics

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Senator Ian Campbell has accused some lawyers and consultants of using scare tactics and charging companies exorbitant fees to complete financial services licence applications ahead of next year's March 11 deadline. ...