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Australian Federal Government Taking Over Healthcare

Posted on March 23rd, 2010 in ACCC, aus, aussie dollar, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, Australian property, bhp billiton, cent, federal government, healthcare, kevin rudd, Market News, micro cap, obama, perth, Rio Tinto, taxation

Before we get on to today’s non-property related edition of Money Morning a very brief follow-up to yesterday’s edition.
First of all, we’ve re-read it, and do you know what, it seems a little disjointed. After two weeks of a property famine, on reflection we think we tried to cram in too much – must [...]

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Equality of Pay for Some at the Expense of Others

Posted on March 10th, 2010 in ACTU, aus, aussie dollar, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Australian Services Union, cent, employment, Fair Work Australia, inequality, labour market, Market News, micro cap, pay equalisation, perth, taxation, unemployment

This week we’ve made a conscious decision not to write about p——y or h—–g. Even though we’ve come across a few gems worth commenting on. And even though several readers have sent us a couple of choice morsels too.
But, we’ll stick to our guns and leave any p——y or h—–g comments until next [...]

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Could it Be True Not One Single Taxpayer Dollar Ended Up With the Banks?

Posted on February 11th, 2010 in aus, aussie dollar, Australian government, cent, Commonwealth Bank, Market News, micro cap, Mike Smith, perth, Ralph Norris, taxation, taxpayers

Some mornings your editor sits at our desk not knowing what to write to you about – could you guess?
Other mornings our story cup is overflowing with, erm, story coffee…
Anyway, today is one of those “Other” mornings.
We’ve got so much to write we’re not sure whether to just fight one of them individually, or attack [...]

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Beware Ken Henry’s Tax Reforms

Posted on June 18th, 2009 in AFR, australian stocks online, cent, Finance, ken henry, Market News, micro cap, penney, penni, pennyhopefuls, perth, queensland, small, sydney, tax, tax burden, tax from rich, taxation, taxman, US markets

“I have great confidence in the common sense of individuals and families around NSW and indeed Australia to work out what an appropriate level of debt for them is, given their circumstance.” – Nathan Rees, Premier, New South Wales
That’s nice of him. It’s a shame that he doesn’t have any confidence in the common sense [...]

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