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Super funds want more

... super funds believe increasing the nine per cent Super Guarantee contribution should be a priority for the new Rudd Government, according to a new survey. Eighty-six per cent of the Russell Pulse survey respondents think the current contribution level ...

Cutting our energy usage has long way to go

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... have water conserving showerheads and 15 per cent report using some type of water recycling method. To meet the Rudd government's proposals to cut our greenhouse gas production it's clear Australia has a long way to go, especially in terms of getting ...

Fed Govt creates financial services task force

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... and Corporate Law, said. "Reform of financial services disclosure requirements is the first instalment in the Rudd Government's deregulation agenda. Cutting red tape will reduce costs for business, investors and consumers." Sherry said unreadable disclosure ...

Interest rates - when economics meets politics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... has fuelled inflation for the last couple of years. Now this is a significant problem, and it's about time the Rudd Government really got a handle on this issue by cutting petrol tax," he told the ABC. Meanwhile if rates do go up as expected then the ...

Too little too late

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
While economists regard the Rudd Government's announced five-point, anti-inflationary package as positive, it's not expected to be a threshold issue for the Reserve Bank. There are no hard specifics as to where savings will come from, but Labor expects ...

Retirement on hold for longer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2007
... we will soon have to follow suit. Tim Jenkins, Mercer's Asia Pacific Retirement Leader said the newly elected Rudd government had little choice but to re-visit the issue. His comments follow the release earlier this year of a report by the Committee ...
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