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ASIC re-opens probe into Offset Alpine Printing Group

... Australian Financial Review on the Offset Alpine Printing Group. The report identified flamboyant stockbroker Rene Rivkin, former Labor government minister Graham Richardson, and Qantas director Trevor Kennedy as part owners of Offset Alpine, which received ...

Government Telstra sale blocked by Senate

... Senate. The four independents whose votes are crucial to the Government its 50.1 per cent stake in the telco, have sided with Labor, the Democrats and the Greens to defeat the sale, in a 26-34 vote. But the Government has vowed to press ahead and reintroduce ...

Government's latest super bills face criticism from opposition

... grandstanding. The Democrats let worthy legislation hang in the balance because of an irrelevant side-debate perpetuated by the Labor Party. It was a calculated risk and they lost the bet." She said that the Government would now match dollar for dollar ...

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 ...

Labour lashes out against government's 'phoney portability' of super

... He said the problems will not be solved unless the Liberal Government considers the clear, simple measures suggested by Labor in its policy options paper released in August 2002, and the Senate Super Committee Report on Portability. "The mark II regulations ...

Morning Market Wrap: International markets gain; Dollar weaker

... up for first-time unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level in eight months. The report strengthened speculation the labor market is stabilizing. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 49.11 points to 9680.01, and the broader Standard & Poor's 500 ...

Anti-spam bill passed

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... There are exemptions in the bill to allow political parties, churches and charities to continue to send unsolicited emails. Labor consumer protection spokesman Alan Griffin said the exemptions should be extended to include trade unions and other non-profit ...

Jobless rate down, could go lower: Costello

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... confirmed the strength of the economy and pointed to further improvements in the Labour market in the months ahead. "While labor force figures can vary from month to month, today's results confirm the continued strength of the Australian labour market ...

Conroy slams high-flying corporate hogs

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
Australia's corporate chiefs have their snouts firmly in the trough, according to Labor's spokesman for corporate governance Senator Stephen Conroy. The senator, addressing the Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) on the eve of the release of ...

Labor proposes stronger corporate disclosure measures

... benefit the shareholder, the employee or the retiree," he said. "Self-regulations has been a green light to corporate greed. Labor believes that the only way to crack down on corporate greed is to take an active approach." Labor has thus produced a paper ...