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Super budget for funds management

... Administration portfolio. "Actual investment management will be contracted out to private sector funds managers," Treasurer Peter Costello says. The Future Fund Management Board will make investments in accordance with an investment mandate issued by ...

Super industry upbeat on budget

... provide them with incentives to save and encourage greater self-reliance in retirement," Anderson says. Treasurer Peter Costello has previously announced plans to encourage Australians to stay longer in the workforce but could announce the removal of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2005
... limited gains. On the local front attention is focused on the federal budget, due to be handed down by treasurer Peter Costello tonight. A budget surplus of $13 billion is expected to mean sweeteners for all Australian workers, with across the board ...

RBA leaves rates on hold

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2005
... should give some indication on its thinking towards another rate rise. The decision is good news for Treasurer Peter Costello who will hand down his 10th Budget next Tuesday. While the RBA left rates on hold, its United States counterpart again lifted ...

Ageing population places more fiscal pressure on the Government

... governments of the States and Territories will have to shoulder 0.8 per cent of the increase. Federal Treasurer Peter Costello welcomed the findings of the report. "It is particularly pleasing that the report endorses the Australian Government's emphasis ...

IMF and World Bank to review local financial system

... is part of a regular program that has been undertaken in over 100 countries. According to the Federal Treasurer Peter Costello the FSAP will highlight the strengths of the Australian financial system, which is strong and compares well internationally. ...

Government steps up its super co-contribution campaign

... government of up to $1,500. From $28,000 on the scheme phases down and is available up to those on $58,000. Treasurer Peter Costello says it is weighted so that people at the lower end of the income scale are eligible to put more in and to receive more ...

Costello says economic slowdown not unwelcome

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2004
The current slowdown in the Australian economy was not unwelcome, Treasurer Peter Costello said today. In figures released yesterday, the economy grew 0.3 per cent in the September quarter, giving the nation an annual growth rate of 3.0 per cent. The ...

Unemployment at lowest level since 1977

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2004
... of people actually in employment or looking for work - rising 0.1 percentage points to 63.7 per cent. Treasurer Peter Costello said unemployment was now at its lowest level in a generation. He said structural changes had occurred throughout the economy ...

Costello says cutting business tax rates not on the agenda

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2004
Treasurer Peter Costello has taken tax cuts for companies off the government's agenda, as a new Treasury report argues that cutting business tax rates offers no real benefits. Mr Costello said he had no plans to cut the company rate from its current ...