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ISN welcomes new National Infrastructure Plan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... funds, which expect to invest $15 billion in infrastructure in the next five years alone. "With a national infrastructure deficit of hundreds of billions, the recommendations of Infrastructure Australia to harness private investment are a welcome step ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... shackles of his frenemy Wayne's promised budget surplus that turned into a promised small surplus that turned into a tidbit deficit, there's nothing stopping him from a little bit of fiscal spending (please, not on more pink batts this time). We'll know ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... call on Thursday. HONG KONG - Asian markets fell, taking a negative lead from Wall Street as data showed the US trade deficit had widened, while Tokyo slumped again over a policy speech by Japan's prime minister. Tokyo dived 3.83 per cent, or 518.89 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... points, or 0.27 per cent, to 4,886.7 points. NEW YORK - Sellers have taken over US stock markets as an expanded trade deficit offered a fresh sign of weakness in US growth. Volatility continued to reign: after an early rise the main indices sank to one-per ...

CAMAC recommends charitable trust audits

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... companies (LTC) be audited in a new report. CAMAC's 'Administration of charitable trusts' report said that there is a deficit of relevant and indisputable information on the state of administration of charitable trusts, including the extent to which ...

Bureaucratic processes hinder infrastructure investment: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... ready to invest up to $15 billion in infrastructure, if certain impediments are lifted. "Australia has an infrastructure deficit of up to $770 billion, and Industry SuperFunds are ready to work with governments to further invest in critical nation building ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... and 6.7% of their national output by the end of the year. Australia's unemployment rate was 5.5% in April, its budget deficit would come around 1.0% of GDP and it grew by 3.1% in the year to the December quarter of last year (latest available). Could ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... market. It could be both. Yes they are working! Just look at the drop in yields investors demand to lend to those big deficit and highly indebted sovereign members. Greece 10-year bond yields are now down to single digits. Investors now want just want ...

SPAA, Deloitte join calls for SG deferral rethink

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... Australians provide for their own retirement," Mason said. "We understand that the Coalition is proposing to help alleviate the deficit by allowing fewer tax concessions, and it will save the Government $1.1 billion in 2016-17 and $2.5 billion over the ...

Austerity can be hazardous to your health

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013