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Farmers should get more tax breaks: report

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2004
Landholders and farmers need more tax incentives to invest in plans to save the natural environment, a new report has found. The report argues farmers should be able to claim 120% of the cost of landcare activities, while the merger of properties should ...

FPA projects $2 million deficit, plans to scrap education services

Preparation for the Financial Services Reform Act has been very costly for the Financial Planning Association (FPA), chairman Steve Helmich revealed yesterday. Releasing unaudited half-year results, the FPA projected a deficit of $2 million for the ...

Labor says we were wrong on super blooper

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2004
... Federal Labor was yesterday forced to admit to an embarrassing bungle in its latest pensions promise and confessed it had no plans to pay retirees an extra $25-a-week. The opposition owned up to the mistake after Treasurer Peter Costello seized on Opposition ...

IAG posts strong increased in half year profits

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
... profits for the half year to December 2003 on the back of resurgent equity markets and solid acquisitions, and announced plans to undertake a $350 million off-market share buyback. IAG reported a net profit of $302 million for the six months to December ...

Promina announce $200-$300 million capital raising for growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
Trans-Tasman insurer Promina Group has revealed plans to raise $250-$300 million for future growth after booking a full year net profit that topped its own prospectus forecast by more than $100 million. Promina managing director and CEO Michael Wilkins ...

Costello unveils changes to retirement incomes

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Treasurer Peter Costello today unveiled plans to keep older people in the workforce longer and encourage retirees to take their superannuation savings as a pension rather than a lump sum. Outlining a key plank in the coalition's re-election strategy ...

Baby boomers to be urged to rethink early retirement

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
Baby boomers will be urged to rethink their retirement plans in a major speech by Treasurer Peter Costello today, which will form a cornerstone of the coalition's re-election strategy. Costello is expected to push later retirement and measures to encourage ...

Telstra chief promises no Australian jobs to be lost overseas

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2004
... Telstra Corp Ltd chief executive Ziggy Switkowski said today. Telstra has come under fire from the federal government over its plans to create more jobs offshore, after it was revealed it would outsource 450 technology jobs to India. Telstra had already ...

Australians abandon property investment plans

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2004
More than 100,000 Australians have abandoned plans to invest in property this year, according to research by Wizard Home Loans. The non-bank lender said research it commissioned found the number of Australians who planned to invest over the next 12 ...

BOS plans roadshow for debt investors

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
BOS International Australia said would run a roadshow for local debt investors in the first quarter of 2004. BOS, a subsidiary of the Bank of Scotland and a member of UK-based HBOS Group, said the roadshow would be hosted by the Commonwealth Bank and ...