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| | | ... about the future of the oil industry at the forthcoming November Group of 20(G20) meeting to be held in Melbourne, Treasurer Peter Costello has added that there needs to be a widening of the membership of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to include ... |
| | | | Treasurer Costello has given notice that at the forthcoming November Group of 20 (G20) meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Melbourne there will be fertile discussion about the oil market and the need for a stronger institutional ... |
| | | | In a parting note the Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Ian Macfarlane, agreed with financial market forecasts that it was likely that there would be another interest rate hike in either November or December with the economy running at full capacity ... |
| | | | The release of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment yesterday heralded the arrival of forces opposing those like the strength in retail sales and the buoyancy in the housing market which have helped bring about last week's interest ... |
| | | | Following the 178 recommendations of the Productivity Commission Taskforce on how the government might reduce bureaucratic problems associated with the administration of the GST and FBT, Treasurer Costello has announced that 158 of the recommendations ... |
| | | | ... 350 million litres by 2010 from industry producers. Presently there are three ethanol producers in Australia. Treasurer Peter Costello commented yesterday that local government planning policies and state government taxes and charges have caused Australians ... |
| | | | Woodside Petroleum chairman, Charles Goode, has announced that the energy producer is likely to soon get approval to supply the Californian market with LNG via specially designed ships which will anchor off the US coast and then pump the gas through ... |
| | | | Continued good jobs growth of 150,000 over the last quarter, the second most healthy increase on record, caused overall employment to fall to 4.8 per cent, the lowest level since 1976. Employment rose by 50,700 in July - 27,100 were full-time jobs and ... |
| | | | The US Federal Reserve held interest rates firm last night at 5.25 per cent after 17 consecutive rate increases since June 2004, a result of rising energy and labour costs. The June quarter data showed that the annualised pace of growth halved to 2.5 ... |
| | | | In response to widespread community concerns about the cost of fuel the Federal Government is considering offering a $1,000 subsidy to motorists willing to convert to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) which is estimated to cost about $1 billion a year. ... |
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