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Budget-govt to lift super co-contribution, reduce surcharge

... superannuation charge for those on higher incomes at a cost of $610 million over the next four years," Treasurer Peter Costello said in his Budget speech. "The rates will reduce from its current level of 14.5% to 7.5% by 2006-07." AAP

Aust Liberal leadership speculation threatens Budget sell

... have threatened to stall this week's Budget in the Senate amid questions about the long-term future of Treasurer Peter Costello. Mr Costello will hand down his ninth Budget tomorrow evening, with tax cuts, extra money for families and increased spending ...

Costello says ninth Budget to produce surplus

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2004
Treasurer Peter Costello said today his ninth budget, to be handed down next week, would produce a surplus and continue the government's tradition of sensible economic management. Some economists have raised concerns that hefty election year spending ...

Costello says CPI data consistent with growing economy

Treasurer Peter Costello said today the Consumer Price Index data for the March quarter was consistent with a growing economy. "The low level of inflation is consistent with a growing economy and it puts Australia well placed among the countries of ...

Australia well-insulated against US rate hikes: Costello

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2004
Australian Treasurer Peter Costello today said Australia was well-insulated against expected rate rises in the United States, but declined to say whether he saw another rate hike in his own country. "There seems to be a general view that as the American ...

Business puts competitiveness before national security, survey shows

... almost 44% of members ranked international competition the most critical issue that had to be addressed by Treasurer Peter Costello. Availability of skilled workers (39.8%), personal tax levels (39.7%), the superannuation guarantee levy (33.6%) and company ...

BAD tax to be scrapped

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2004
... territory governments today agreed to shoot down the Bank Accounts Debit (BAD) tax more than four years after Treasurer Peter Costello put the tax in his sights. The meeting of federal state and territory treasurers agreed the BAD tax would be scrapped ...

Sherry will keep his job despite super blooper: Latham

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
... Senator Sherry this week apologised for an $8 billion mistake in the opposition's pension policy after Treasurer Peter Costello said the policy had been incorrectly calculated. Latham reiterated that the document Senator Sherry had used to formulate ...

Labor says we were wrong on super blooper

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2004
... confessed it had no plans to pay retirees an extra $25-a-week. The opposition owned up to the mistake after Treasurer Peter Costello seized on Opposition Leader Mark Latham's definition of the pension benchmark. Latham said this week a Labor government ...

Australia close to full employment: Costello

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2004
Treasurer Peter Costello today said Australia was getting close to full employment at its current jobless rate. Figures for February put the jobless rate at 5.7%, up from several months at 5.6%, a level which has not been bettered since the early 1980s. ...