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2020 Summit push for life long accounts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... individual from cradle to grave into which governments could deposit their entitlement benefits such as education payments, childcare payments and superannuation payments, it doesn't take a big leap of logic to see how this can seamlessly lead into the ...

Short selling faces revamp

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... the corporations act. The Senator's comments come after the severe share price plunges of listed companies including childcare group ABC Learning Centres and Allco Finance Group. "There is some relatively minor surgery needed to the Corporations Act ...

When a lift in unemployment is good news

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... coincidence then many experts are now arguing for a lift in the retirement age, a rethink in vocational training and upgrading childcare incentives to get women back into the workforce as quickly as we can after they have had a child. The downside of ...

Rate reprieve scratch during Cup Carnival?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... fruit and vegetables up 9.6 and 7.9 per cent respectively. Offsetting price falls included petrol (-3.7 per cent) but childcare saw the biggest drop of 33.4 per cent, due to a change in the eligibility criteria for the Child Care Tax rebate (CCTR). Paul ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... contracts. Company earnings continue to dominate market news with Sims Group Ltd, retailer Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd and CFK Childcare Centres all releasing annual results today. In Perth, oil and gas explorer Tap Oil Ltd reveals its interim results ...

St.George and HESTA champion flexible workplace

... work-life issues affecting our employees are returning to work after the birth of a child, part-time work arrangements, childcare responsibilities and the transition from full-time work to retirement. In response, we have introduced initiatives such ...

A fist full of dollars

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... one-off payment to senior citizens are likely all end up in retailers' pockets. The next question will be is whether childcare payments and the tax threshold shake-ups, will also head that way. Retail sales are already very strong and The Reserve Bank ...

Not easy being green

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... through to the media on the Budget's pre-election sweeteners. Families can look to receive up to $8,000 per child to cover childcare costs, although tax deductions on day-care may have closed the cost gap more efficiently. Low-income earners will have ...

Orchard buys max Super

... Orchard, which manages over $3.5 billion in funds across products ranging from social infrastructure funds that include childcare and other property funds to primary infrastracture and agribusiness, has been the main investor in max since the super fund ...

Planning starts at 30: MLC

... astounded both Lawless and Sarkis is the relative lack of knowledge on government benefits such as family tax benefits, childcare benefits and childcare tax offset. For example, a typical young couple where the husband is earning $80,000 and the wife ...