COAG has taken important steps in helping the alleviation of skill shortages by agreeing to this raft of reforms. |
Consumers are worrying about interest-rate risks, their high credit-card bills and the fact that their houses haven't risen in value as much as last year. |
New orders jumped sharply in the month. Manufacturing experienced moderate growth in December to end the year in positive territory. |
This relatively positive end to 2005, if sustained early in the new year, could help rebuild confidence in the sector. |
This shake-up of the personal income tax scale would boost incentives for lower-income earners to participate in the workforce. It would be of greatest benefit to low- and middle-income families. |
This super tax subtracts directly from saving, it decreases future tax revenues and increases future age pension payments. |