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Senator Sherry highlights the need for action on the back of poor super stats

The Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings, Senator Nick Sherry, has said that poor returns, high taxes and corporate collapses are hurting superannuation fund members, citing new figures highlighting a continued decline in member contributions. ...

Overseas visitor arrivals dips 3% in May, primarily due to SARS: ABS

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today that the number of overseas visitor arrivals was three per cent less in May 2003, as compared with the figure for April. The number of visitor arrivals during May was 333,400, whilst the number of ...

Lowest quarterly consumer price movement in four years: ABS

The latest figures on the Australian consumer price index (CPI) for the June quarter revealed the lowest quarterly movement since the March quarter of 1999, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. With a nil change in the CPI for all groups ...

Producer price index for final commodities rises 1.4% for the year: ABS

The Australian producer prices index for final commodities saw a drop of 0.4 per cent during the June quarter, but rose 1.4% for the year, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. For the June quarter, the domestic commodity producer price ...

Australian building activity rises 16% for the year to March: ABS

The value of building activity across Australia rose by 16 per cent from March 2002 to March 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The value of building activity as at March 2003 was $11.63 billion, which was a 2.9% increase over ...

New motor vehicle sales in Australia marginally lower for June: ABS

The number of new motor vehicle sales across Australia during June 2003 was 77,330, marginally lower than the figure for May (77,349), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The number of new passenger car sales during June was 50,132 ...

Housing finance for new dwellings increases 3.2% in May: ABS

Housing finance for owner occupation increased by 3.2 per cent, with 54,333 new dwellings being financed from April to May 2003, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The number of constructions of dwellings dipped by 2.1% to 5,489 whilst ...

Unemployment rises 0.1% in June 2003: ABS

The national unemployment rate increased by 0.1 per cent during June, compared with May's figures, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said today. The total number of people employed as at June 2003 was 9,507,500, a decrease of 54,000 full-time ...

Up to 70% of Australian workers to get positive super returns: ASFA

Preliminary figures compiled by ASFA indicate that, contrary to the impression gained by some recent reports, the majority of Australian workers will get a positive return - ranging from 1.5 per cent to 4% - on their superannuation for the year ended ...

Increase in Government unfunded super liabilities may cause super vacuum

An analysis of the 2003/04 budgets by Rice Walker Actuaries has revealed that unfunded superannuation liabilities for the states and territories - excluding Queensland - rose to $40.6 billion in 2003, up from $37.2 billion in 2002. This $3 billion increase ...