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Australia able to financially support aged: S&P report

... many of its peers, including Japan, New Zealand and continental Europe. "Provided that the Commonwealth and state governments hold their nerve and maintain fiscal discipline in the face of calls to loosen the purse strings after several years of tightfistedness ...

Macquarie Bank appoints Dr Tom Parry to head community fund

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2004
... through which investors can obtain exposure to sustainable community developments in partnership with local and state governments. These include assets in the education, arts, healthcare, affordable housing, leisure sectors. It would also arrange seed ...

Government says tax reforms will assist public private partnerships

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2003
... general manager Peter Mullins said the Commonwealth government did not want to discourage partnerships between state governments and private investors. However, he said existing tax laws drafted 20 years ago were no longer appropriate in the current ...

Government will keep negative gearing: Costello

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2003
... "If you stop that, there will be less tenanted houses around and rents will go up." Mr Costello yesterday said state governments could make housing more affordable for first homebuyers by reducing stamp duty. -

Government unfunded super liabilities total $10 billion

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2003
... existing $6.2billion shortfall shown in the Federal Budget for two major commonwealth superannuation plans. State governments may be forced to limit future spending measures or tax cuts to fund a superannuation vacuum. -

Increase in Government unfunded super liabilities may cause super vacuum

... focused attention on the Federal Government's super schemes for Federal public servants, and may well mean that state governments curb future spending plans in order to fix the super problem. Illustrating this, the ACT government several years ago sold ...

ASIC to crackdown on 'get-rich-quick' schemes

... and often involve high risk strategies that aren't fully explained to investors." ASIC is working closely with state governments to ensure schemes are properly policed, even though real estate are not under the umbrella of the Financial Services Reform ...