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US, Australia to sign free trade deal May 18

The US administration today made its own announcement on the US-Australia free trade agreement (FTA), confirming it will be signed in Washington on 18 May. Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile today announced he would be heading to the US later this ...

News Corp appoints directors

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2004
... to become chairman of troubled National Australia Bank. Former Phillip Morris Asia president Peter Barnes and 36-year-old law professor and adviser to the Bush Administration Viet Dinh would join the board immediately, News Corp said. The company did ...

Elliott appeal dismissed

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
A Victorian court has dismissed businessman John Elliott's appeal against a Supreme Court judgment banning him from acting as a company director. The ban was imposed last year for four years and Elliott ordered to pay a share of almost $1.43 million ...

NAB adds A$57 million NZ tax bill to woes

... The bank said its legal advisors believe that the transactions, similar to ones undertaken by other banks, were within the law.

Safer superannuation savings: Coonan

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2004
Australians' superannuation savings became a little safer yesterday when the Senate passed laws to safeguard the retirement nest eggs. The bill modernises and strengthens protection of superannuation savings from theft or fraud and is designed to make ...

NAB calls off crisis board meeting

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2004
The beleaguered National Australia Bank yesterday called off a planned crisis meeting of the bank's board so lawyers could pore over proposed resolutions put forward by dissident director Catherine Walter. A spokesman for NAB said the meeting was postponed ...

Kennedy loses bid to keep notes to lawyer from ASIC

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2004
Sydney businessman Trevor Kennedy has lost his bid to keep two pages of notes to his lawyer out of the hands of the corporate watchdog. Mr Kennedy had applied to the Federal Court for a permanent injunction to prevent the Australian Securities and Investment ...

Business groups fear Labor government: Andrews

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
Business groups fear a federal Labor government will derail the economy, Workplace Relations Minister Kevin Andrews said today. Andrews attacked Labor and the Australian Democrats after the government overnight failed for the second time to pass laws ...

Matched super scheme available to 1 million more Aussies

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2004
... million more Australians would now be eligible to receive matched superannuation contributions from the government. Under a law which passed last year, the government will match voluntary superannuation contributions up to the value of $1,000 made by ...

NAB currency scandel cements four pillars policy: Fels

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2004
... $360 million, had reignited negative public perception of banks and lowered politicians' willingness to relax competition law. Professor Fels, who chaired the ACCC from 1995 to 2003, said the $360 million in pre-tax losses could be seen as "just a drop-in-the-bucket ...