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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 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
Following the 178 recommendations of the Productivity Commission Taskforce on how the government might reduce bureaucratic problems associated with the administration of the GST and FBT, Treasurer Costello has announced that 158 of the recommendations ...

Ageing population places more fiscal pressure on the Government

The Productivity Commission enquiry into the economic consequences of Australia's ageing population released today has predicted an increase in fiscal pressure for all governments within the country the next 40 years. The report forecasts expenditure ...

Mercer proposes lower taxes on super and a rise in pension age

... presented by the aging workforce. The suggestions have been made as part of the firm's response to the Productivity Commission's Draft Report in to the Economic Implications of an Aging Australia. Mercer recently conducted a survey showing the issues ...

Productivity Commission to crack down on homeowners' scheme loopholes

... taxpayer subsidy towards their first home under a call to means test the first homeowners' scheme, the Productivity Commission revealed today. In its discussion paper on first home ownership, released today the Commission said the grants did not make ...

Treasurer announces two appointments to Productivity Commission

... Peter Costello, has announced that Robert Fitzgerald AM and Philip Weickhardt have been appointed to the Productivity Commission. Robert Fitzgerald has been appointed for a five-year term, beginning 27 January 2004. He brings extensive social policy ...

First home buyers housing affordability falls to record low

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
... (HIA) said the continuing downward trend in housing affordability underlines the importance of the current Productivity Commission Inquiry into First Home Ownership. HIA's Chief Economist Simon Tennent said that it's time for all levels of government ...

Costello appoints Ross Cameron to assist in financial market policy process

... consumer affairs, foreign investment and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Productivity Commission. He said that Senator Helen Coonan, minister for revenue and assistant treasurer, will not have any changes made to her ...

RBA takes aim at property tax breaks

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2003
... key driver of the house price boom, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. In its submission to the Productivity Commission's home ownership inquiry, the bank dismissed a shortage of houses or land as the reason house prices had more than doubled ...

Productivity Commission in housing affordability paper for first home buyers

The Productivity Commission has today announced that it had released an issues paper for its inquiry into housing affordability for first home buyers. "The Commission will be taking a close look at how housing markets operate and the reasons for the ...