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GST increase would deliver $42 billion: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... insurance adds further pressure to Commonwealth budgets." Bragg added Australia's tax mix is the converse of the OECD average. He said Australia is heavily reliant on personal and company taxes, whereas the average OECD nation has a higher reliance on ...

Australia lagging in Asia-Pacific financial relationships

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... Australia, one of the most open economies in the Asia-Pacific region and with a degree of openness that exceeds the OECD average.

Property groups looking through the schooner glass

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... Development (OECD) recently released a report that said Australia's alcohol consumption was about 5% higher than the OECD average. Members of the OECD include the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, Germany, Korea and Japan among 28 other countries. ...

Industry responds to Grattan report

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... over the last decade, it has dragged down the aggregate performance of Australia's super system to below that of the OECD average," he said. Arguing that super outcomes are best-delivered by funds that "return all profits to members," he emphasised the ...

Voluntary top-up contribs not enough: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... other countries explains why Australia's retirement income replacement ratio is only 42 per cent compared to the OECD average of 59 per cent, notwithstanding that over generous OECD pensions are a major cause of Europe's fiscal melt-down. While ASFA's ...

Govt claims MRRT as super victory

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... Australia would deliver retirement income at a replacement rate of 47.3 per cent for an average worker, below the OECD average of 57.3 per cent, if it retained a 9 per cent super guarantee. But Senator Cormann said it was no surprise that the super funds ...

OECD vindicates govt super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... international measures. This is the fourth highest old-age poverty rate in the OECD countries and more than double the OECD average. The OECD welcomes the government's increase in the age pension to address this problem," noted the OECD Pensions at a ...

Water's potential to float

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... of water will increase ten-fold by 2030 simply due to shortages. Citi says we currently pay 20 per cent below the OECD average water price. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics we spend 0.7 per cent of disposable income on water as opposed ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... contributing 1.2 billion, a 23 per cent increase, the national tally of 0.95 per cent of GDP is much less than the OECD average of 1.53 per cent of GDP. R&D spending in manufacturing is particularly at risk with many manufacturing companies heading to ...

Australian tax burden less than OECD average: Costello

... Australia has the sixth lowest taxes amongst the 30-nation group. "This was 6.8 percentage points lower than the OECD average of 36.9% and represents a decrease of 1.4% in Australia's total taxation level from 2000," said Federal Treasurer Peter Costello. ...