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Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... going into reducing the debt and the deficit. "What we want to do is redeploy our savings and redeploy government expenditure into areas of growth in the economy". That's the Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey in black and white. And it gets better, better ...

Centuria acquires ATP building

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... executive of unlisted property funds Jason Huljich said. The building is five years old and has minimal risk of capital expenditure, which make it a key draw card for investors looking for a high quality core investment close to the Sydney CBD. "CBD ...

Mining capex in a hole

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
The outlook for capital expenditure adding to Australia's GDP from anywhere outside of mining is "abysmal" according to BlackRock investment strategist and head of fixed income, Steve Miller. At a recent media briefing detailing BlackRock's global investment ...

Australia's coming $32bn SIB sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... charity of social ventures organisation, develops a social capital program that aims to reduce government welfare expenditure if successful. That sponsoring group then approaches the government seeking funding from the government for an amount that may ...

Tax concession debate "simplistic": SMSF Association

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
... falling short of estimates, it is feared the government will come after the more than $30 billion that the Treasury Tax Expenditure Statement (TES) calculates superannuation costs in concessions. The SMSF Association maintains that the TES is not designed ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... (IGR). As we prepare for the fourth instalment of the IGR, the facts on our narrowing tax base and required future expenditure are staggering. The 2010 IGR shows that the tax base will heavily erode. The ratio of working aged people relative to retired ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... 2.6% less on "buildings and structures" and 1.3% lower on "equipment, plant and machinery".... and their expected expenditure for the next fiscal year? "Estimate 1 for 2015-16 is $109,799m. This is 12.4% lower than Estimate 1 for 2014-15." (ABS). Now ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... 5,903. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure data for the December quarter, along with average weekly time earnings for the six months to November. ...

Tightening of super tax concessions far from guaranteed

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... government raid on super tax concessions is on the horizon, that outcome is far from guaranteed. Treasury's recent tax expenditure statement showed that super tax concessions cost the Budget billions of dollars, but Heferen, who is revenue group executive ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... per cent fall in half year profit to $US4.3 billion, as it lifted its dividend and outlined further reductions in expenditure in the coming two years. Other miners were mixed, with Rio Tinto down 61 cents at $63.31 and Fortescue Metals up five cents ...