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AETS could add 14 cents to petrol prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... behavior." Lucy said some commentators are even suggesting a price of $200 may be required to achieve the goal of changing transport patterns, but he sees such pricing as unrealistic. Australian businesses readying themselves for the AETS also need to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2008
... out there" Ms Spencer said. "The oil price is slipping back and gold was a lot weaker overnight, too." Ms Spencer said transport stocks had lifted on the lower oil price, and some financial stocks were holding up well.

The fight over how to fight inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... Morning Herald is today reporting how Henry has slammed the Federal Opposition for announcing it will block increased transport taxes on the trucking industry. Given that low trucking taxes are one of the major reasons why rail freight is not commercially ...

Carbon transport the next big thing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... equipment, transmission equipment, electric utilities, oil feed services will change their business model to capture, transport and store carbon dioxide, not just oil," said Bruce Garratt, Alliance Bernstein Australia vice president and director of retail ...

TWUSUPER selects CommInsure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
The transport industry superannuation fund TWUSUPER has teamed up with CommInsure to enhance its insurance offering for the bulk of its members. Effective 26 April, the level of basic insurance cover available to the majority of the super fund's members ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations releases its leading indicator of employment, also for March. Transport firm Asciano Group Ltd releases audited interim results. Australian shares finished in the red for the third consecutive ...

Water the next competitive frontier

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... topic of Productive Reform in a Federal System nearly two-and-a-half years ago, I identified energy, water and land transport as three key candidates for the development of national markets," he said. "I suggested that 'it may not be too much of an exaggeration ...

Raise the pension, says seniors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... everything else," said Micahel O'Neill, National Seniors chief executive. "However as costs on basics such as food, transport, healthcare and utilities continue to climb, segments of the older population are really struggling." The consumer body is urging ...

We knew it all along: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... We had discussed the challenges posed by our highly dispersed yet heavily urbanised population geography, with land transport under stress, including in the cities." They also knew the problems that our dysfunctional Commonwealth-State relations were ...

UBS Aus equities will deliver: Shields

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... from Colonial First State where he was a small companies analyst and previously worked at Citigroup as an associate transport analyst. Simon Shields was appointed head of Australian equities at UBS last year after Fiani's departure. "This should give ...