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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 28/03/2005-12/05/2005

Sweeping Tax Cuts in 2005/06 Budget

According to a survey of 400 companies by National Australia Bank Ltd (NAB), business confidence in April fell to its lowest level in almost three years because of weaker sales and profits. The busine...

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 11/02/2005-27/03/2005

Central Bank Raises Benchmark Interest Rate

The Westpac Banking and Melbourne Institute survey showed that consumer confidence had its biggest fall on record as the March consumer sentiment index plunged 16.6% from February to 102.4....

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 14/12/2004-10/02/2005

Central Bank Warns of Possible Rate Rise on the Horizon

Leader of the Labor Party, Mark Latham has resigned after falling ill with pancreatitis. Latham's position as leader of the country's main opposition had been under threat after the Labor Part...

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 05/11/2004-13/12/2004

Rates Held Steady as Growth Slows

The government has delivered on an election promise as parliament on December 9th passed toughened anti-terror laws, which give counter-terrorism authorities more power to use listening devices and in...

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 20/09/2004-05/11/2004

Interest Rates Unchanged for Eleventh Consecutive Month

The US ambassador to Australia, Tom Schieffer on November 4th left for Washington to meet with US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and other US officials. The aim of the trip is to tie up loose en...

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 10/08/2004-19/09/2004

Conservative Government Edges Ahead of Opposition at Mid-Point

Following the car bomb explosion outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta on September 9th that killed nine people and injured more than 180, the government said it had closed its consulate on the In...

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 23/06/2004-09/08/2004

Central Bank Hints Rate Hike is on the Horizon

Indonesian foreign ministry spokesman Marty Natalegawa said that it is likely the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will invite Australia and New Zealand to a summit in November in Laos f...

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Extract from the Briefing covering the period 13/05/2004-22/06/2004

Interest Rates Remain Unchanged as Economy Slows

Although the stock market's All Ordinaries has recently hit record highs in June, two business surveys showed that confidence in the economy has slumped to levels that no longer reflect the realit...

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