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Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... inflation is probably the best thing the government could do for super anyway, ASFA said "[We] are confident that the Rudd government's focus on Australia's economy and its recognition of global impacts mean continued long-term opportunity for superannuation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index was up one points at 5,845. In economics news today, as the Rudd Government heads off to sell its first budget, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its labour price index for the March quarter. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... price index was up 56 points at 5,873. Most attention today will be focussed on the release this evening of the Rudd Government's first budget. In the meantime, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its lending finance data for March, and Manpower ...

Same sex super overdue: AIST

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... superannuation and death benefits as anyone else," said Reynolds. According to the Attorney General's Office, the Rudd Government will begin legislation in the Winter Sitting of Parliament. Most reforms will commence soon after the legislation has pa ...

Macq predicts SG to top 9pc

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
Australia's superannuation guarantee level is set to rise above the current 9 per cent under the Rudd Government, predicts a head strategist at Macquarie. Pointing out that it was the Labor government that set the wheels of the present super regime ...

Further regulation not needed: Nelson

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... instinctively calling for more regulation unless there is a solid case for it." In addition, Nelson criticised the Rudd Government's handling of the inflation issue, stating it needed to be addressed, but the situation was not dire. "It important to ...

When good housing news is bad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... housing affordability is effectively lost. Indeed it kills any hope a young person may have had to even use the Rudd government's new First Home Saver Accounts to help them get into the market as these are only intended to help people save just a few ...

RSL snubs proposed super changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... rates. The proposed scheme reduced the government's financial burden, transferring it to the funds members. The Rudd Government received the report and released the findings in December, however it has not declared it will implement any of the recommended ...

Job vacancies bull run falters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... non-resource sector companies to compete. These wage concerns are why fears are now bubbling to the surface that the Rudd government's decision to abandon the WorkChoices legislation may lead to a return pattern bargaining and a re-introduction of wage ...

Consumer confidence plummets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... compared to only 13 per cent who are positive about the changes, highlighting that Opposition's decision to back the Rudd government's IR changes may be a good idea.