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FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... dramatically in the future," Treasurer Joe Hockey said in April. Today, aged care is the eight largest part of government expenditure. "To put it in the simplest terms, we are spending money we don't have," Hockey said. The changes to the aged care rules ...

ASFA calls for lifetime contribution caps

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... that the system is successfully raising retirement incomes, increasing national savings and decreasing government expenditure on the Age Pension. According to the report, by 2026, a person who retires at the Age Pension qualifying age with an average ...

Crime pays: Why new European GDP rules are causing a stir

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... Italy's GDP by 1.3% in the first year. This would allow Italy to comply with EU's rules requiring members to limit their expenditure to 3% of GDP. The increase allows the government a better GDP-deficit ratio and a higher limit of expenditure. In 2012 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... valuable export, is below $US97 a tonne - its lowest level since 2012. The release of weaker than expected capital expenditure numbers during morning trade had little impact on the market, CMC Markets chief analyst Ric Spooner said. That was probably ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... was 13 points lower at 5,524. In economic news on Thursday, the bureau of statistics releases private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure data for the March quarter. The Housing Industry Association releases its new home sales figures for ...

Help is on its way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... situation, there is a risk that disinflationary expectations take hold... This may then cause households and firms to defer expenditure in a classic deflationary cycle - especially when monetary policy is at the effective lower bound and so cannot steer ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Budget speech 2014 -15

... Budget and a stronger economy. There is no easy way to repair the Budget. We have been at pains to reduce government expenditure without hurting the economy. Taxpayer spending needs to be reprioritised, where possible, into job stimulating investment ...

Treasurer readies electorate for Age Pension cuts

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... spending cuts. At a cost of $40 billion per annum - or 10% of GDP - the Age Pension is the largest part of government expenditure; ahead of defense, hospitals and schools, Hockey said. Pointing out that only 14% of Australians over the age of 65 receive ...

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... of around 12% per annum. By this time superannuation tax concessions will be the single largest area of government expenditure. By comparison, the age pension currently costs $39 billion. According to the report, entitled Sustaining us all in retirement ...