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Labor to support FTA with US

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2004
... of the deal. Labor sources said two thirds of Labor parliamentarians supported the deal after ALP members of a Senate committee yesterday came down in support of the deal. The party will push for two amendments to the proposed FTA, struck in February ...

Aust federal politicians return to Canberra

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2004
... United States, with a bitter debate expected at today\'s caucus meeting over the issue. Labor members of a special Senate committee have backed the trade deal, with reservations, but the party\'s left is still strongly opposed to the agreement. A decision ...

ACCC making progress in crackdown on cartels

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2004
... Consumer Commission's (ACCC) crackdown on cartels was starting to bite with several whistleblowers coming forward, a Senate committee heard today. ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel said the watchdog was currently investigating more than 30 cartels operating ...

Backlash continues over free trade agreement

... local content regulations on cable and satellite television. Labor and the minor parties are likely to set up a Senate committee this week to examine the deal, although only parts of the agreement can be rejected by parliament. AAP

Labor has a red letter day in Parliament: Senator Sherry

... and damning Senate Superannuation Committee report that had recommended regulations be re-written. He said the Senate Committee unanimously found, "the portability out of active superannuation accounts could lead to an increase in superannuation members ...

ASFA comments on IFSA policy statement

... target of 60 to 65% of pre-retirement earnings or 75 to 80% of pre retirement expenditure set by the subsequent Senate Committee on Adequacy of Retirement Incomes The ASFA 'benchmark' was based on comprehensive research into what constitutes a modest ...

ASFA welcomes Senate committee superannuation report

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) - Australia's peak superannuation industry body - has welcomed the general focus of the Senate Select Committee's report on planning for retirement. ASFA said its recommendations for a move ...

Crean reaffirms opposition to Telstra sell-off

... Mackay said Telstra intended to cut capital expenditure by $600 million in a plan reportedly revealed during a Senate committee hearing. Crean told reporters that Labor would use the Federal Government's stake in Telstra to improve services. "It's about ...
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