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Qld to dominate Future Fund board of guardians

... or directly invest in projects, and all fund earnings will be reinvested into the Future Fund until Prime Minister John Howard retires in 2020. Even though direct investments are precluded, the Future Fund is nonetheless expected to be very interested ...

PM Howard to outline 4th term agenda after historic win

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2004
Prime Minister John Howard will today outline his fourth term agenda after his historic election win, which is likely to see the coalition control the numbers in the Senate. Mr Howard had a low-key day yesterday after his emphatic victory on Saturday ...

PM Howard announces tax offest for mature workers

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2004
Prime Minister John Howard today announced a new tax offset for mature aged workers. The tax break will be available to people over the age of 55 and will provide a maximum annual rebate of $500. Mr Howard said he estimated 750,000 mature age workers ...

Labor taking with one hand while giving with another; PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2004
... taking with one hand while claiming to give with the other under Labor\'s tax and family policy package, Prime Minister John Howard said today. Labor has promised tax relief of up to $8 a week for the bulk of taxpayers who earn $52,000 a year or less ...

Aust govt to support ALP amendments on FTA

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2004
... to the free trade agreement with the United States despite concerns about the impact of the changes, Prime Minister John Howard said today. \"The government has decided that the common sense thing to do is to support the amendments, but warn, as I do ...

Super changes bad for workers, ACTU

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2004
... and those whose superannuation was not printed on their pay slips, would be especially vulnerable. Prime Minister John Howard announced the change last night as part of a package to ease the paperwork burden on 1.2 million businesses.

Super compliance to ease: PM

Prime Minister John Howard announced changes to the superannuation guarantee arrangements last night, removing the need for small business to report quarterly superannuation contributions to employees. Announced as part of a paper, Committed To Small ...

Australian-Thai FTA signed

... a free trade agreement (FTA) with confidence growing it will deepened Australia\'s economic links with South East Asia. Prime ministers Thaksin Shinawatra and John Howard signed the deal, along with several other agreements covering environment, heritage ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2004
... Australian market has little to look at from an economic and equity perspective. However, a speech by Prime Minister John Howard will be closely watched for any indication of a date for the forthcoming federal election.

Aust Liberal leadership speculation threatens Budget sell

... could be overshadowed by new questions about Mr Costello's future. In a pledge which has echoes of Prime Minister John Howard's when-I'm-64 comments, Mr Costello revealed he would consider his future in politics at the end of the year. AAP