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ALP's broadband funding comes under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
... infrastructure. Rudd pointed to figures showing Australia ranked a fairly lowly 17th in terms of broadband take-up in OECD countries and 25th in terms of broadband width. "Against those measures we have a problem in terms of our international economic ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2007
... 4.5 per cent in 2006. Public-sector infrastructure at 1.8 per cent of GDP puts Australia among the worst of the OECD countries. Much infrastructure spending has been by the private sector particularly in those industries that have been privatized over ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... people in the retirement age bracket of over 65s. Japan has the highest such ratio and Turkey the lowest of 32 OECD countries. Australian males and females aged 65 were placed equally in terms of their international rank of life expectancy thereafter ...

INGIM scores $500m in new mandates

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... profiles." Wright said the group is employing increasing duration, curve and spread plays in portfolios confined to OECD countries at this point, but it has the ability to use debt and high yield strategies from emerging markets also.

Call for personal tax cuts to plug company tax loophole

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... a long period, tax on interest income, company tax and superannuation taxes are comparatively higher than other OECD countries. Writing in the Financial Review, Warburton said closing the gap would make Australia more competitive and help build a more ...

Costello says cutting business tax rates not on the agenda

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2004
... authors argued Australia already had a company tax rate, and an effective company tax level, well below most other OECD countries. It said there were doubts whether cutting the business tax rate would actually encourage more firms to set up in Australia. ...

Macquarie rolls out new infrastructure trust

... said. Swanger said the underlying whole fund, which MGIFT II would invest in, would be specifically focussed on OECD countries plus Singapore and Hong Kong. Swanger said the term of the investment was anticipated to be 10 years from the date that the ...

Latest OECD data indicates moderate to strong economic global growth

... which Australia is a part of, has indicated that moderate to strong recovery lies ahead for the economies of the OECD countries. The data released signals continued accelerating performance in the United States and the Japanese economies. Data for the ...

Australian tax burden less than OECD average: Costello

... taxation level from 2000," said Federal Treasurer Peter Costello. "Australia held its place as one of the lowest taxed OECD countries despite declining tax burdens in many other OECD countries which experienced recession and slowdown." Amongst those ...

Macquarie to purchase Swedish rail link

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2003
... initial equity raising. MEIF is intended to be a new wholesale fund targeting investment infrastructure in Europe's OECD countries. The A-Train will be the fund's second seed asset after Macquarie's purchase of UK water utility South East Water plc for ...