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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... the December share price index contract was 12 points lower at 4745. In economic news on Wednesday, the Productivity Commission releases its report on executive remuneration, and the Reserve Bank of Australia issues its financial aggregates data for ...

Paid maternity leave must include super: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... superannuation, warns the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). In its submission to the Productivity Commission, the AIST which is the peak super body for nearly two-thirds of the Australian workforce, has called for the government ...

PM's wrong and right oil strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... pump money into the V8 Supercar series, a car racing series that explicitly blocks Toyota. Last week the Productivity Commission released a report finding that each Australian car industry job created through government assistance costs taxpayers $30 ...

Emissions trading won't fix climate change: expert

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... aggressive carbon reduction targets in the world. His views about emissions trading challenge those of the Productivity Commission that believe it will be so successful at cutting greenhouse gases the government will be able to wind back other alternative ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
April 1st came early this year with the Reserve Bank, the Productivity Commission and the National Trust of NSW making some of their most incredible public statements ever. High interest rates and bank rates jumping above the Reserve's official benchmark ...

Water the next competitive frontier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... a huge step up in national competition policy, particularly in how we price water. "In addressing the Productivity Commission roundtable on the topic of Productive Reform in a Federal System nearly two-and-a-half years ago, I identified energy, water ...

Consumer code needs overhaul

The Productivity Commission has issued a draft report calling for a review of the country's state and territory-based consumer policy framework and the introduction of a "single, generic consumer law" applying across Australia. The report said that ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
... Ai Group has called for a benefit of up to 200 per cent which is an optimistic request given that the Productivity Commission's call for the existing 125 per cent concession to be limited to small firms has been rejected by the government. The release ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... per cent. WA has the highest level of employer sentiment nationally with a net score of 49 per cent. The Productivity Commission has released the final report on Public Support for Science and Innovation saying that the $6 billion expenditure during ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
The good work done by the Productivity Commission with another seminal report addressing the issue of Australia's capacity to improve and match the performance of the likes of the US has been released. The paper notes that while some European countries ...