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Australians clueless on super

... Study commissioned by Industry Super Funds. As part of the study, the group polled more than 750 part time or full time workers aged 18 years or over on how much do they know about their super account and fees. The study revealed that many Australians ...

Daily Economic Round Up: All about Housing

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
... which will make it the largest such processing plant in the world. This is expected to take over two years and employ 1500 workers in the already stretched local labour market. In other news from the west, a joint survey from the Western Australia Chamber ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
... skilled migrants entering Australia over this last year were professionals, about 18 per cent were trades people and related workers and about 5-6 per cent were either managers and administrators or a category called associated professionals. The greatest ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006
... excluding NSW which is at 5.4 per cent and WA which is at 3.3 per cent as of August this year. About 40,000 additional workers are needed in the construction industry as a result of the commodities led boom of which about 32,000 are required in WA. South ...

Expats lose out on super

... Individuals from the US also face similar penalties and tax costs. But to put it in perspective, the majority of foreign workers or individuals migrating here are unlikely to break the $150,000 or $450,000 cap on super contributions imposed by the government ...

More super incentives from the Treasurer

... super regime. The Government also announced that it will fund a Tax File Number (TFN) Education Campaign to encourage workers to give their TFN to their employers - for superannuation purposes - and by doing so, pay the appropriate tax rate on their ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
... for the past 20 years. Recent data shows 4.1 per cent wages growth and that the biggest increases are for blue collar workers. NSW Small Business Minister David Campbell has foreshadowed a review of red tape faced by small business including laws affecting ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... couple of interest hikes this year and many months of high fuel prices. The NSW Government has decided to move 239,600 workers under the age of 18 away from the federal Work Choices scheme back to the state based scheme. Most of these workers are employed ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
... jobs were saved. As a result of upcoming changes to the Work Choices legislation employers will have less power to sack workers in slow periods, force them to take holidays and control the accrual of leave. Australian universities, which are due to commit ...

Kiwisaver allows contributions to be diverted into mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... tread by allowing members to divert half their contributions into their mortgage. Under the contribution diversion plan, workers in New Zealand opting to save for retirement using Kiwisaver will be able to apply to have up half of their 4 per cent minimum ...