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NSW govt promises $60 billion infrastructure spend

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... program', including from the partial lease of NSW's electricity distribution network. The majority of the projects named in the budget are greenfield construction projects rather than assets sales, so the potential opportunities this will provide for ...

Parliament passes temporary tax levy

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
High-income earners will pay more tax after parliament approved the coalition government's first budget measure. The temporary budget repair levy increases the top income tax rate, which applies to any income earned over $180,000, from 45 per cent to ...

High earners to pay more tax soon

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
Australia's highest income earners will soon be hit with a temporary tax. The key budget measure made its way to the Senate on Monday where it will pass with the support of Labor. The government wants its legislation passed in the next fortnight of ...

Women to feel pain of scrapped LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... contributes up to $500 in superannuation to those earning less than $37,000 a year. The government reaffirmed in its recent budget that it intended to scrap the LISC as it was part of the mining tax package.

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... heavily into iron ore." Another retailer, Super Retail Group, has downgraded its profit forecast, blaming the tough federal budget for a slip in sales last month. Its shares were down nine cents to $7.96 at 1025 AEST. Engineering and property services ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... consumer confidence indexes released on Wednesday morning show sentiment remains low since the handing down of a tough federal budget. "We are also seeing profit downgrades starting to trickle down to the retail sector since the winter sales," Mr Spooner ...

Indian optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... digit growth rates in 2010-2011 and from 2005 to 2008. These, despite the unemployment rate at a high 9.9% (2012), its budget deficit predicted to reach 5.2% of GDP this year by The Economist magazine - from 4.5% in FY 2013/14 - and stubbornly high inflation.A ...

Abbott eyes Canadian pension money

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has encouraged Canadian pension funds to invest in Australian infrastructure. Speaking alongside Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa, Abbott said he wanted to see more Canadian investment in Australia. "I know ...

FEATURE: Bulldozing the infrastructure roadblocks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... his promise to be an 'infrastructure prime minister', dedicating billions of dollars to infrastructure development in the budget. But is this enough to get the bulldozers bulldozing? James Fernyhough takes a look at the remaining roadblocks. When in ...

Super sector eyes Qld ports and generators

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... government's plan to sell $33.6 billion worth of infrastructure assets, announced in a draft proposal released with the budget on Tuesday. The report flags a number of assets for sale or long-term lease, including Townsville and Gladstone Ports, two ...