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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
... Morris Iemma has proposed a $1.9 billion desalination plant to improve the supply of water, whereas the leader of the opposition Peter Debnam prefers a recycling operation. It will cost $4 billion for infrastructure to transport sewerage from the Malabar ...

Agribusiness cops a caning from ATO

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2007
... concern." At this stage it looks as if there will be no transitional arrangements, and the announcement was met with vocal opposition from many in the sector. "We are very disappointed that the government has failed to consult with industry on this issue ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
... provide investors with a more consistent set of economic signals to be seen as truly recovered. In an announcement by the Opposition, tax concessions may be offered to foreign companies undertaking research and development activities in Australia. Pharmaceutical ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... that the RBA will be under pressure to increase interest rates when next it meets despite growing business and public opposition to this form of economic macro-management. Over the fourth quarter of 2006 the most significant movements contributing to ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd has criticised the Federal Government's record on productivity citing a report by the OECD which says that Australia's spending on higher education has fallen by 7 per cent over the last decade while there was an increase ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... visits. The number of such visas grew by 42 per cent last year to just under 40,000 and is being criticised by the Labor opposition as being a method for some employers to import cheap labour.

SRI needs clarification: Finsia

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... the resources consumers need to feel confident about SRI. Finsia looks forward to further dialogue with Government, Opposition, industry associations and other key stakeholders on this policy initiative," Salter said.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... Minister John Howard said the skills shortage had arisen as a result of good management by the government, while the opposition said it was a result of poor planning. Australian Industry Group, which represents the manufacturing industry, said that a ...

Increasing SG will cost 57,000 jobs: ACCI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
... last week's change to the superannuation scheme for federal parliamentarians." But in a shot over the bow of Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley, and in the run-up to next year's election which polls are tipping to be the closest since John Howard ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006
... the 0.5 per cent annual growth in demand figure for the State which was the slowest on a national basis. The Labor opposition continues to call for stricter guidelines in the administering of the 457 visa conditions for foreign workers saying that labor ...