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ASIC also a budget winner

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is another beneficiary from the 2005/06 Federal Budget having been granted an additional $13.4 million over the next four years. The increase in funding has already been specifically earmarked ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2005
... Attention today will be focused on the follow-up to the federal government's raft of tax cuts delivered in last night's federal budget. In other news National Australia Bank delivers its interim results today.

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2005
... a spike in crude oil prices to above $52 a barrel limited gains. On the local front attention is focused on the federal budget, due to be handed down by treasurer Peter Costello tonight. A budget surplus of $13 billion is expected to mean sweeteners ...

Trends in market expectations

... group. This coincided with the increase in disposable incomes brought about by the tax cuts contained in the May federal budget and the $600 per child family bonus. For the majority of the year both groups forecast direct and listed property to remain ...

Aust May consumer sentiment rises modestly in wake of Budget

Australian consumer sentiment rose modestly in May, in the wake of the federal Budget. The Westpac Melbourne Institute Index of consumer sentiment rose by 0.3 % in May to 115.7. This follows a 1.1% gain in April. However, consumer sentiment is still ...

Guaranteed retirement annunities at risk: Mercer

... planners Mercer Wealth Solutions said. The asset test changes, announced in February and outlined in this month's Federal Budget, will take effect on Sept. 20, giving retirees little time to seek advice on establishing a complying pension that provides ...

Super result for retirement savings: IFSA

... Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) said it welcomed the announcements contained in the 2004/2005 Federal Budget highlighting a major boost to long-term savings. ISFA chief executive officer Richard Gilbert said the increased co-contribution ...

WRAP - Ratings agencies greet pre-election budget

International ratings agencies have greeted Australia's federal Budget as a typical pre-election package with a number of "policy sweeteners", but one which maintains the country's strong economic position. Standard and Poor's (S&P) Ratings Services ...

Super Focus on Budget release

... Accountants and the Association of Superfunds in Australia have both released papers ahead of tomorrow night's Federal Budget release in an effort to influence to Federal Government to consider wide-ranging concessions to superannuation legislation. ...

Voters prefer Government spending to tax cuts: poll

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2004
... essential services over tax cuts, according to a new poll. Tax cuts are expected to be the centrepiece of the May Federal Budget. But the Sun-Herald newspaper reported today that the poll, conducted by Roy Morgan for the National Welfare Rights Network ...