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Future Fund books 4.2pc loss

FUTURE FUND UPDATE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... benefiting from the turnaround over the last few months," he said. The Fund also gave an update on the three so-called nation building funds: the Education Investment Fund (EIF), the Building Australia Fund (BAF) and the Health and Hospitals Fund (HHF). ...

Super must become more efficient: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... retirement income system," wrote the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister however referred to superannuation in nation building terms rather than as a way for individuals to accumulate wealth and reduce taxation, reinforcing government initiatives to target ...

Aust must avoid Europe's ETS disaster

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... imperative of the Rudd government to reduce Australia's emissions by 60 per cent means "we need to think of CCS as a nation building priority. It will be the Snowy Hydro of the low carbon world". Williams said CCS technology is already expected to be ...

Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
Treasurer Wayne Swan has donned his hardhat and launched Australia on a massive $40 billion nation building program centred on three new investment funds designed to fix infrastructure, health and education while also kick starting Australia's regional ...

Super for members, not nation building

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
... Australia to net capital exporter status within 20 years shouldn't mean superannuation is seen as a panacea for our nation building problems, according to Emilio Gonzalez, chief investment officer at Perpetual Investments. In a major speech to Finsia ...

Recommitment to super issues being emphasised by federal politicians: ASFA

... savings vehicle, both as a personal savings vehicle (primarily for low and middle income earners) and as a means of nation building." She also said that other issues discussed included were automatic consolidation of inactive accounts and the need for ...
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