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We knew it all along: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... end of a long global deflationary cycle that had been underpinned by three major trends: first, a much talked about productivity boost from the ICT revolution, especially in the so-called 'new economy' of the United States; second, an increasingly talked ...

Challenger on course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... financial officer, said. "Besides a small number of low generating advisers which exited after the new model, revenue productivity per adviser improved to be in excess of $82,000 per adviser." He said the "industrialisation" of the financial planning ...

Hard landing if we don't heed RBA warnings

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... despite the increases in costs business continued to increase investment, which should have a positive impact on productivity." Symptomatic of the problem and also warning of our continued current account problems despite interest rates driving our dollar ...

Tax reforms boost capacity, not inflationary

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... 65,000 people to re-enter the Labourforce, he added. Referring to how Australia needs to get back to lifting our productivity, the Treasurer said, "These tax reforms will also enhance the incentives for taxpayers to upgrade their skills and gain higher ...

When a lift in unemployment is good news

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... do this business and government need to rapidly ramp up education initiatives, with the by-product that national productivity should also increase. Little wonder the cornerstone of the recent election campaign was education policy while this thinking ...

Consumer code needs overhaul

The Productivity Commission has issued a draft report calling for a review of the country's state and territory-based consumer policy framework and the introduction of a "single, generic consumer law" applying across Australia. The report said that ...

Polaris sets PACE

... often, there's a bottle neck in testing time," By contrast, setting up a specialist software testing lab can increase productivity by at least 20 to 30 per cent. "The PACE lab has three clear focus areas: enable high performance, reduce release time ...

Australia is Asia's biggest investment market

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
... cent of our economy is now in service related industries. To keep developing however we have to get back to growing productivity, boosting national income, building up our national institutions and integrating them into the region like never before.

ANZ eyes ING and maybe AMP

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... quarter of the home loan market. And own up to the need to take out a lot more costs in basic services. There's no way productivity levels are high enough or the pace of change fast enough. Generally, in banking, management is not effective enough. And ...

AXA takes care of business

... are time and resources poor after it launched a series of initiatives that can help improve planner profitability, productivity and quality of advice. After twelve months of development and rigorous testing, AXA has unveiled a three-pronged business ...