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Plan for Australian Jobs Will Emerge at a Price
Feb 20, 2013Prime Minister Gillard … ‘tough but responsible’ Business and industry groups have expressed concern at the federal government proposal to strip $1 billion in tax concessions from Australia’s biggest companies as ...
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Manufacturing Sector Prompting a Call for Further Interest Rate Cuts
Feb 6, 2013Innes Willox … call for rate cuts Australia's manufacturing sector contracted for the 11th straight month in January, prompting a call for further interest rate cuts. The latest Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of ...
Tags: Innes Willox, manufacturing sector, January
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Weaker-Than-Expected Chinese Manufacturing Data Sent The Dollar Lower
Feb 4, 2013Weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data sent the dollar lower today, ahead of all-important US employment figures due overnight. China's official Purchasing Managers Index fell to 50.4 in January from 50.6 in December, lower than ...
Tags: Dollar, Australian dollar, exchange rate
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Carbon Tax Has Increased Their Energy Costs
Jan 31, 2013Australian businesses estimate the carbon tax has increased their energy costs by an average of 14.5 per cent, industry research has found. An Australian Industry Group analysis of the first six months of the carbon tax and its impact on ...
Tags: Carbon tax, energy costs, Industry Group
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Sharemarket Had It Biggest Fall in Five Weeks Following Strong Gains
Jan 9, 2013The sharemarket had it biggest fall in five weeks yesterday, with financial, material and industrial stocks leading the decline as global equity markets lost momentum following strong gains last week after the resolution of the US ...
Tags: sharemarket, financial, material, industrial stocks, global equity markets
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Trade Deficit Widened to $2.6 Billion, The Australian Bureau of Statistics Said
Jan 9, 2013The trade deficit for November widened to $2.6 billion, from $2.4bn in October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. That was the biggest monthly shortfall since March 2008 and wider than analysts' expectations of $2.3bn. At 5pm AEDT ...
Tags: trade deficit, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia
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Australian Dollar Gained After US Lawmakers Agreed on a Range of Measures
Jan 6, 2013The Australian dollar gained today after US lawmakers agreed on a range of measures designed to avert sweeping tax hikes and around $US110 billion in spending cuts, known as the fiscal cliff. After weeks of negotiations that had already ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, US, Fiscal Cliff, currency
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Manufacturing Sector Said The Pressures on Industry Look Set to Continue
Dec 11, 2012Australian manufacturing activity contracted for the ninth straight month in November due mainly to an ongoing decline in new orders and production. The latest Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index ...
Tags: manufacturing activity, production, manufacturing businesses
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Unions and Business Groups Have Supported for Anti-Dumping Review
Dec 11, 2012Unions and business groups have supported recommendations contained in the recent anti-dumping review conducted by former Victorian premier John Brumby. The review calls on the federal government to devote more resources to combating ...
Tags: recommendations, goods, export, coalition policy
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The Australian Industry Group/PriceWaterhouseCoopers PMI Rose 4.8 Points to 47.2 in June
Jul 4, 2012SYDNEY: Australia's manufacturing activity contracted for a fourth straight month in June, hit by a high dollar and a slump in residential and commercial construction, a private survey showed on Monday. The Australian Industry ...
Tags: market view, manufacturing PMI
