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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... 4,249 points, on volume of 18,212 contracts. The federal government has scrapped its controversial 40 per cent tax on the mining industry, replacing it with a 30 per cent levy which will hit a lesser number of companies. The new tax will apply to iron ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... down. Some boost may be expected if the market responds favourably to a compromise between the Federal Government and the mining industry on the resources super profits tax, anticipated to be announced before the market opens on Friday. At 0731 AEST ...

OneCare upgrades benefit more workers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... qualify for income protection and providing more relief for medical workers. The income protection cover has been extended to mining, oil and gas-related occupations, which includes more than 70 jobs such as quarry workers and driller operators. The ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... said. "Markets are still very sensitive. The last day of the financial year is giving it a bit of a belting. "With the mining stocks, we're still hoping that the government and the new prime minister will come up with a workable tax proposal in the short ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
The Australian share market had moved into positive territory by noon after a lower opening, with bank and mining stocks leading the way. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.2 points, or 0.37 per cent, at 4,400.7 points, while the ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... Australia, would be glued to the Gillard-Miners RSPT battle ("negotiations" according to Julia). News is that the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has given the government until Friday to settle the issue or else - hostilities resume. ...

Raising SG must remain despite RSPT outcome: Brogden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... to deliver superannuation increases to Australians." He said new prime minister Julia Gillard must work quickly with the mining industry to achieve a resolution on the RSPT - highlighting the need to drop the retrospective nature of the tax. "It's critical ...

First femme PM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... popular mandate if she wins the next elections. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Australian equity markets - the mining companies, in particular - welcomed Julia's call for a ceasefire with mining companies in her maiden speech. She promised ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... said resources stocks were surging on expectations that the government now would make changes to the RSPT. "All of the mining stocks are responding to the leadership change," Mr Kimber said. "People are expecting Gillard to water it down or alter it ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... time it will reintroduce its growing list of blocked proposed major reforms - from the revised CPRS legislation, to the mining tax, to the SG increase and reforms to financial advice. The rationale behind the two-year delay is that even if the senate ...