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Budget reply: National clearing house, halve the OS withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
The real Budget presented by Treasurer Peter Costello on Tuesday night largely ignored superannuation and investment, but the make-believe Budget Reply announced by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd last night had us front and centre. In a speech that started ...

Starved infrastructure will bite into growth

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... infrastructure any time soon. If anyone was wondering if Rudd had anywhere to go in his Budget Reply following Treasurer Peter Costello's premier performance on Tuesday, the Opposition Leader showed he still has a couple of tricks tucked up his sleeve. ...

A fist full of dollars

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello shook Australia's money tree last night, raining dollars down on tax payers, but can it bear the same yield in years to come when the mining boom ends? It's only reasonable to expect that, with such abundance as the Australian ...

Not easy being green

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... tonight's Budget Australian businesses are expected to have some $94 billion in tax losses to play with. Treasurer Peter Costello told his cabinet to remain tight-lipped on Budget details, no doubt to protect the political 'wow' factor, however quite ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... AEST, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was down two points to 6335. Treasurer Peter Costello will announce the 2007/08 federal budget at 7.30pm tonight. However, before the market opens this morning, consortium Airline ...

Maximise returns, don't follow ideology: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello said the primary duty of super fund trustees is to maximise investment returns for members, not to impose ideological prohibitions on what they would prefer to invest their fund members' money in. "There is a place for people ...

D'Aloisio put forward as Lucy's replacement

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has flagged his preference for who should fill the top job at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), proposing former Australian Stock Exchange head, Tony D'Aloisio, take over when current chairman Jeffrey ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... a takeover proposal from Telecom NZ. Oil and gas explorer Black Fire Energy Ltd is due to list. The Treasurer, Peter Costello will launch `National Market National Interest', a book about the history of the Australian stock exchange The Australian stock ...

Future Fund focuses on building blocks

... from the industry to disclose how and when the Future Fund will deploy its near $50 billion assets, general manager Paul Costello stressed their main focus remains on building the right operational and investment infrastructure first. Speaking at the ...

Quadrant leads super funds investors to buy Red Rooster

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... investement can have in the market has prompted to Senate to call an inquiry into private equity. Last week, Treasurer Peter Costello said while he supports private investment, he would nonetheless not allow the sector to exploit tax loopholes and unsustainably ...