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Business still unhappy with SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... was signed last week in Adelaide, the Prime Minister's home town, by all employer association heads on the General Council of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). The employer associations are opposed to the SG increase because they ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... three per cent. According to news reports the trigger for Wall Street's resurgence was, sorry were: The International Council of Shopping Centers declared that it expects sales to show an average monthly expansion of 4 per cent - the fastest advance ...

SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... the draft legislation is yet to be drawn up, the MRRT is still set down for a 1 July 2012 start date. The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has endorsed the new deal and said the new MRRT stands to deliver a positive outcome for Australia and its minerals ...

AIST alerts regulator on misleading campaign against super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... into these "irresponsible" and "misleading" claims. AIST wants to alert ASIC on a sustained campaign by the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) currently showing on national TV, print and on YouTube. One ad titled "A retiree's message to Canberra" even ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... Chamber of Commerce in Australia. In Melbourne, the 2010 Stockbrokers Conference includes keynote addresses by Minerals Council of Australia chief executive Mitch Hooke and Telstra chief financial officer John Stanhope. In Adelaide, Elders Ltd managing ...

ING Aus opens Wollongong hub, to hire 600 staff

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... owned by ING Real Estate Australia and is already 95 per cent leased after being designed to achieve Green Building Council of Australia best practice in Environmentally Sustainable Design.

AMP Cap maintains high tenancy rate

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... the weak tenant market. "The [fund] currently has a vacancy rate of 2 per cent, compared to the Australian Property Council of Australia reporting an average of 9.3 per cent across the country," he said. The AMP Capital Wholesale Office fund is an open-ended ...

Global investors push for corruption info

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... Pension fund. Australian-based asset managers were also well represented in the statement including the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), ARIA, CARE Super, Media Super, LUCRF, Telstra Super, VicSuper and Vision Super. "As investors ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... miners themselves because it was their idea. In a 20-page submission to the Henry Review in November 2008, the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) said the inefficiency of volume-based royalty levies distorts orderly investment and should be replaced ...

Govt response to exec remuneration falls short: Regnan

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... the government's statement. Overall, the report has received support. Ann Byrne, chief executive at the Australian Council of Super Investors (ACSI), said it's a good package and the government has responded in the best interest of shareholders. However ...