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Labor to wait for Senate report on FTA deal: Latham

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2004
Labor would not announce its policy on the Australia-United States free trade agreement until the Senate released its report into the deal, federal Opposition Leader Mark Latham said today. Mr Latham, on the fourth day of his pre-election roadshow in ...

NAB offers two new fixed-fee accounts to attract customers

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2004
... accounts will be withdrawn from sale on 5 July. The new accounts were unveiled days after the bank industry rejected calls from Labor Leader Mark Latham for legislation forcing banks to offer low cost accounts and limit monthly fees. But a NAB spokesman ...

Labor in the cold on choice

... legislation in the Senate yesterday was received as good news by both major industry bodies while at the same time the Federal Labor party said the new laws would do nothing to encourage ethical investments. But the Investment & Financial Services Association ...

New super laws pass through parliament

... parliament but sitting MP's have retained their current superannuation arrangements. The bill was passed through the Senate after Labor chose not to insist on its proposed amendment to cap the entitlement of the eight most senior ministers. But while ...

Labor, coalition combined to defend current MP super benefits

Labor and coalition senators combined to resist the passage of legislation through the Senate yesterday that would have seen superannuation entitlements for MP's wound back levels in line with community standards. A Senate Inquiry was told last month ...

Voters cool on Latham and tax cuts, poll finds

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
Voter support for Opposition Leader Mark Latham and Labor has slipped, but Australians are also cool on large tax cuts tipped for next month's budget, a new poll shows. The Sydney Morning Herald reports the ACNielsen poll shows support for Labor has ...

Govt faces Telstra pressure as chairman departs

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
... Mr Mansfield's direction of Telstra through the dot com boom and bust, and for the company's growing profitability. But Labor communications spokesman Lindsay Tanner welcomed Mr Mansfield's decision, saying it was a chance for the company to refocus ...

US March job growth at four-year high, stuns market

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
... the government said on Friday in a surprisingly strong report that stunned financial markets. The report, which showed the labor market finally making a decisive break out of a long slump, buoyed the re-election hopes of President George W. Bush, who ...

Safer superannuation savings: Coonan

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2004
... as our vital superannuation industry develops and evolves," she said. The government and Australian Democrats rejected a Labor amendment to provide 100 per cent compensation to victims of superannuation fraud or theft. Senator Coonan said she had the ...

Government rejects certain superannuation changes

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
... superannuation. Treasury parliamentary secretary Ross Cameron told parliament that the government rejected an amendment put forward by Labor relating to superannuation compensation. Cameron said the relevant minister already had the discretion to grant ...