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Tax system should improve wellbeing: Henry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... environmental degradation, managing the impacts of globalisation and technological change, improving how the Australian Federation works, and affordable housing. Dr Henry also signalled to his critics that they need to not just argue technical details ...

ADB pours $240m to worst hit nations

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... recovery. Armenia and Tajikistan have seen a huge influx of returning workers who have lost their jobs in the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan, resulting in a sharp decline in remittance income, private domestic spending, and government revenue. In ...

Rejoice or lament

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... decline slowed. Lament - it remains way below 50. At least news out of Beijing leaves little room for confusion. China's Federation of Logistics and Purchasing reported that the country's purchasing managers' index clocked its fourth consecutive month ...

MacarthurCook hires two execs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... Sachs JBWere where he worked as group finance manager, head of operations and finance and as chief financial officer - federation.

Mr. Scrooge's Ghosts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... recession would prompt further belt tightening and Scrooge-like behaviour. This is already happening. The National Retail Federation reported that while shoppers spent 7.2 per cent more on average compared with last year, most were hunting for bargain ...

Population growth hits 36 year high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... 331,900 last calendar year or 1.6 per cent. The population recovery means Australia is now back to growing at its post-Federation (1901-now) long term average annual rate. The population growth rate turnaround is so pronounced that last year was the ...

Food shortages put farmers in box seat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... 50 per cent in the last year. Some food commodities have more than doubled. Meanwhile the Western Australian Farmers Federation (WAFarmers) issued a statement saying that much of the food shortage in Australia that is leading to the price increases could ...

Councils take action on CDOs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... investments, were "false, misleading and deceptive, or likely to mislead or deceive." The Council invested $3 million in Federation CDOs, $2.55 million of which have been effectively wiped out due to the debt market crisis. But the tangle of accusations ...

Best Advice close to federation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... Project Star has been developed to enhance participating advisories resources. "Project Star is about putting together a federation where companies will all be the same on the ground in terms of what they do with clients, but we're developing a national ...

World bank names new chief economist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... countries hit by high energy and agriculture prices." Besides this appointment, Lin remains vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce of the Committee for Economic Affairs of Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference ...