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Social investments hinge on the right financing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
... financing is done properly," said Murphy. Murphy was speaking at a hearing on the Senate Economic Reference Committee's inquiry on mechanisms and options for the development of robust capital market for the social economy sector in Australia. "The government ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... up three cents, or 3.5 per cent, at 89 cents Communications Minister Stephen Conroy says keeping politicians out of an inquiry into the media is the right thing to do. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has accused NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell and federal Opposition ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... less than 18 months since the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, released its report entitled ' Inquiry into raising the productivity growth rate in the Australian economy ', a report that was specially commissioned by Treasurer ...

Re-financing of aged care announced

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
The Productivity Commission's inquiry into Australia's aged care system has released its final report. Fundamental changes to the way aged care is delivered and financed are proposed, including the move towards user pays. The Productivity Commission's ...

TPD insurance review closes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
Submissions have just closed on a Treasury inquiry into changing the tax deductibility arrangements for TPD insurance sold through super funds, a review that some funds believe could increase member insurance premiums. The rapid fire inquiry was called ...

Coalition adopts ALP super clearing house model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... legislation [for the clearing house], the Opposition did everything they could to delay it, including supporting a Senate Inquiry and moving an amendment to allow the private sector to also provide the service," said minister Shorten. While politicians ...

FPA calls for naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... flagged the issue early on, asking for the term "financial adviser" to be legally defined in a submission to the Ripoll inquiry, and had argued it with Treasury and Government ever since. "From a consumer point of view it's around trust in what advisers ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2011
... Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services at a hearing at Parliament House in Sydney in its inquiry into the access to finance of small and medium business. There are no major equities news events scheduled for Friday. On Thursday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... Statistics (ABS) releases labour force data for February. In equities news, hearings by the Senate Economics Committee in its inquiry into the impact of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry continue in Sydney. The case of packagers Amcor ...

Retail bank deposits hit $62bn in Dec qtr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... 10 per cent of their disposable income. Despite surging retail deposits, the Reserve Bank of Australia told the Senate Inquiry into Competition within the Australian Banking Sector in November 2010 that, "The cash rate remains a major influence on banks' ...