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Macquarie Bank buys into UK water firm for $948m

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2003
... said its new MEIF will be a wholesale private equity fund formed to invest in infrastructure assets in European OECD countries. It will target investments providing essential services to communities and which have a strategic competitive advantage as ...

Healthcare expenditure at record highs: OECD

... technologies. The OECD's latest Health Data 2003 report on the matter shows that healthcare expenditure for 30 OECD countries has grown over 1 per cent faster than these countries economies during the past decade. This figure on average represents 8.4% ...

Australians are the second biggest spenders after Americans

... countries over a 30-year period. The book presents an extensive analysis of the consumption patterns of consumers in 23 OECD countries and 23 less-developed countries. The research revealed that the biggest item of household expenditure currently is ...

Australian unemployment rate fourth lowest in OECD: ABS

Australia ranks fourth among the leading OECD countries in terms of its unemployment rate, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). With an unemployment rate of 6.7 per cent (629,1000 unemployed persons), Australia ...

OECD calls for improvements in Australia's super tax system

... of the access age to the Age Pension of 65 years. But the report also said that Australia is well-placed amongst OECD countries to handle the burden of public pensions, which is low relative to the GDP and is not expected to rise appreciably in the f ...

Australia wins OECD praise for fiscal, immigration policy

... higher numbers of current immigrants being better educated and possessing good work skills in comparison to other OECD countries. The report said that Australia's immigration status is one of the best in the OECD and lauded the government's attempts ...
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