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RBA to leave rates on hold this month: economists

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to leave official interest rates on hold this month as a federal election looms. The central bank holds its monthly board meeting this Tuesday and will make its announcement on interest rates on Wednesday ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2004
... speech by Prime Minister John Howard will be closely watched for any indication of a date for the forthcoming federal election.

RBA says forecasting 3.75% growth in 2004

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2004
... committee in Sydney. Committee chairman David Hawker said this would be almost certainly the last hearing before the federal election, and the first since December, when interest rates were last lifted to 5.25%.

Aust Liberal leadership speculation threatens Budget sell

... also tipped to take centre stage in a Budget the government hopes will give it a strong lead-in to this year's federal election. But Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett warned his party would not stand by in the Senate and allow the Budget's passage, especially ...

Govt faces Telstra pressure as chairman departs

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
... was rejected. Communications Minister Daryl Williams, himself planning to retire from politics at the upcoming federal election, failed to comment directly on the reasons for Mr Mansfield's resignation. Instead, he praised Mr Mansfield's direction of ...

Pressure mounts on coalition for tax reform

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
... survival needs. The conservative think-tank is the latest contributor to a debate on tax reform ahead of this year's federal election, and joins accountants and business groups in calling for an end to bracket creep. Rising wages pushing workers into ...

S&P maintains top investment rating on Australian economy

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
... Australia has retained Standard & Poor's highest investment grade rating and a change in government after the next federal election would be unlikely to affect it, the ratings agency said. Australia and Singapore are the highest ranked out of 18 countries ...

Democrats to test Latham's resolve on super reform

... Democrats' Superannuation spokesperson Senator John Cherry said the issue needed to be dealt with before the next Federal Election to save up to $40 million in accumulating entitlements. "Every change made to the scheme to date takes effect after the ...

Latham poll shows election to be close: Costello

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2003
An opinion poll which indicated a surge in support for Labor leader Mark Latham showed the federal election expected next year would be a close race, Treasurer Peter Costello said. The Australian newspaper's Newspoll showed that, in two weeks, Mr Latham's ...

Labor again brands government super policy 'weak and wimpy'

... "(B)ut unlike Labor's document (it contains) no policy detail," the Senator said. In the lead-up to the next federal election, Labor has called for new legislation tightening the regulation of, among other things, fee disclosure, financial advice, inducements ...