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...while Dutton says Labor is missing the MIS point

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... nonetheless criticised the ATO decision. "The changes announced by the Howard Government to the tax treatment of non-forestry managed investment schemes without proper consultation with industry could potentially threaten jobs and investment in rural ...

Fight the ATO not Govt on MIS tax ruling: Costello

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
... investment community that the Australian Tax Office's proposition to scrap the up-front tax concessions associated with non-forestry managed investment schemes (MIS) will cause havoc. Treasurer Peter Costello has defended the ruling, emphasising that ...

Agribusiness cops a caning from ATO

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
Non-forestry agribusiness managed investment schemes (MIS) are set to have their taxation position drastically altered after Assistant Treasurer Peter Dutton yesterday announced the Australian Taxation Office was preparing a new Draft Ruling on the ...

Employment mobility figures revised

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... restaurants (38 per cent). Ten years or more of service was most likely to come from the following industries; Agriculture, forestry and fishing (51 per cent), Electricity, gas and water (42 per cent), Education (38 per cent) and Government administration ...

Noonan replaces Wason on CBUS board

CBUS director George Wason has been replaced on the fund board by fellow Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) official Dave Noonan, following an election held last week. The decision came amid reports in the Canberra Times of a Federal ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... private business investment and 0.2 per cent in dwellings. Negative contribution to growth came from the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector, as well as the mining and manufacturing sectors. The year on year growth of 1.9 per cent means that whilst ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
... cent, they will still be out of pocket to the order of 70 per cent. The opposition spokesman for Primary Industries, Forestry, Resources and Tourism Martin Ferguson said that the scheme would end up converting 3 per cent of vehicles to LPG. The government ...

Deutsche appoints European infrastructure head

... in New York, with offices in London and Australia and invests in income producing assets such as utilities, transport, forestry, healthcare and education. In Australia, RREEF was involved in infrastructure projects such as Sydney's Cross City Tunnel ...

NZ Super Fund buys more sustainable assets

The New Zealand Super Fund (NZSF) continues its push into the sustainability sector after buying a 12,000 hectare forestry estate from Mirvac's New Zealand Sustainable Investments Fund (NZSIF). James Fielding Funds Management (JFFM), the funds management ...

Australian financial services globally competitive: Axiss

... generators, creating 8.5 per cent of Australia's GDP in 2004, which is more than the combined value of agriculture, mining, forestry and fishing. In teasing overseas institutions to consider basing operations in Australia, the Axiss report says that ...