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International media question Australia's "austerity budget"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... either brave or foolhardy," BBC Sydney correspondent Jon Donnison wrote following Treasurer Joe Hockey's budget speech on Tuesday night. The journalist said that "compared to most countries, Australia is doing relatively well" and added that "this is ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... 1,900 for the first time. No major local economic news is expected on Wednesday, following the federal budget's release on Tuesday night. In equities news, the Commonwealth Bank posts its quarterly trading update and CSR is expected to release its full ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower as two major banks trade ex-dividend. The federal budget, unveiled on Tuesday night, was fairly positive for businesses and had little consequence for the share market, Commsec market analyst Juliana Roadley ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... 1,900 for the first time. No major local economic news is expected on Wednesday, following the federal budget's release on Tuesday night. In equities news, the Commonwealth Bank posts its quarterly trading update and CSR is expected to release its full ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... lifted US markets overnight had boosted the Australian share market ahead of the federal government's budget release on Tuesday night, Lonsec general manager of equities research Bill Keenan said. "Wall Street is positive at the moment, which has helped ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... higher ahead of the federal budget and after both the Dow Jones and S&P 500 reached fresh record highs. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was up 31 points at 5,468. Analysts said there was no obvious catalyst for the ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... is to speak at a lunch in Sydney. The Paydirt South Australia resources conference continues in Adelaide. The market on Tuesday closed higher, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index adding 19.2 points, or 0.35 per cent, to 5,481.4, and the broader All Ordinaries ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... the latest unemployment data on on Thursday, as the Reserve Bank is not expected to make any change to the cash rate on Tuesday, he said. "We are in a bit of a holding pattern at the moment with the market, not just in Australia but globally, with simmering ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... gained despite continuing concern over escalating tension in Ukraine and poor industrial data from China. At 0805 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up nine points at 5,464. The HSBC purchasing managers index (PMI) for China ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... quarter, well below the 1.0 per cent rise analysts expected. The euro rallied to $US1.3872 from $US1.3811 late in New York on Tuesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets were mixed as the Bank of Japan announced it was standing pat on its stimulus program, even ...