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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... taken up at the September meeting of the IMF and the World Bank in Singapore where there is expected to be significant opposition from the larger European economies who have much of the voting power. Small African countries fear that their already limited ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... to reducing the public sector workforce by 5,000 over the next two years which falls far short of the request by the opposition to reduce it by 29,000. The government said this would leave only 4,000 people to perform administrative tasks in Sydney. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... and personal debt had been adequately offset by the rising incomes families were earning on investments. The Labor opposition has noted that mortgage payments now accrue to a larger proportion of household disposable income than in 1989 when interest ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
... vehicles, with a company tax rate of 30 per cent, they will still be out of pocket to the order of 70 per cent. The opposition spokesman for Primary Industries, Forestry, Resources and Tourism Martin Ferguson said that the scheme would end up converting ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... Australia. Under the 457 visa scheme such immigrants are allowed limited working conditions for up to four years. The Labor opposition said that in 2004-05 only 141 of the 49,000 457 visa holders were mining and materials engineers, 22 were toolmakers ...

Budget super consultations attract 3,500 submissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
... Budget, post interest rate rises and off-again leadership speculation, Costello has stepped up his criticism of the Opposition for not indicating if they will support the reforms or not in the Senate. "Remarkably, missing from the [formal] correspondence ...

Former NSW Treasurer joins HOSTPLUS

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2006
HOSTPLUS has announced that a former NSW Treasurer and Opposition Leader has been appointed to the board as an independent director. The Honourable Peter Collins AM QC joins the nine member HOSTPLUS board and brings to the organisation his diverse experience ...

Boomer Budget bonanza

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
... investment advice. In just one night, Costello has seized total control of the superannuation agenda and painted the Opposition into a very tight corner.

Proposed super cut will widen inequality for women: IFSA

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
... probably individual needs and on balance the policy should fall on the side of national savings and individuals." The Opposition spokeswoman on women, Tanya Pilbersek, last week was also reported as saying the hike in the contributions threshold would ...

Labor launches 6-point super plan

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
... income, cutting superannuation taxes and making it simpler for people to consolidate lost super. The Leader of the Opposition, Kim Beazley, presented his six point plan at the conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Queensland yesterday. Beazley ...