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SnowyHydro snow job?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... unsurprisingly rejected criticism of the sale while NSW Premier Morris Iemma said, "For us it's a choice of taking money from schools and hospitals, or& authorising it as one of the shareholders to be used for Snowy Hydro to build power stations, to ...

Fin literacy won't happen overnight, but it will happen: Clitheroe

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
... financial literacy is a 20 year project. Being a long term project, he said, it starts in the home, should be taught in schools and, above all, needs to be demonstrated through appropriate role models. Addressing the CMSF conference on the Gold Coast ...

Count to include equity release on approved list

... and SKI-ers. Retirees of the 'More Equity Release - Lots more' (MERLOTs) and 'Spending the Kids' Inheritance' (SKI-ers) schools of thought are pushing the demand of equity release products to record levels. According to Datamonitors, loans advanced for ...

Twice as many super funds now offering planning advice

... thing." "Some people want guidance and a coach. Not everyone does, but a lot do and that's why we offer it." Non-Government Schools Super (NGS) CEO, Colin McGuinness, says they will also make a change in the way they offer financial planning to members ...

Australia exports financial literacy

... Korean newspaper. Hong will review and report on financial literacy programs undertaken in Australia at workplaces and in schools. He will meet with Citigroup Australia, YWCA, the NSW Department of Education and Training, The Treasury, and the Financial ...

School kids should be financially literate: Commonwealth

Commonwealth Bank has awarded $350,000 to a hundred secondary schools across the country as part of their financial literacy program for young Australians. This week the group chose 100 recipients from more than 280 applications to receive $3,500 Financial ...

Meteoritic rise for Plum and NGS

Both Plum and Non Government Schools Super fund (NGS) have enjoyed a meteoritic rise in funds under management with Plum's employer division reaching the $4 billion mark and NGS Super reaching $1 billion. NGS Super increased $942.73 million in September ...

Fed Budget year to date February deficit of $4.455 billion

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... education, with vocational institutions - like TAFE colleges - receiving their quarterly payments in February and private schools receiving half their annual entitlements in January. But the government had fewer health costs than normal, due to less ...

Federal budget deficit $2.656 billion to end January

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2004
... coffers. The result was dragged down by lower-than-usual tax receipts and higher payments to universities and non-government schools, which had half their yearly funding paid in January. There were also more paydays in the month, Senator Minchin said ...

IFSA welcomes financial education in schools

A new 15-member Government taskforce to coordinate improved financial information and education for consumers has been welcomed by the industry. Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive Richard Gilbert said he particularly ...