The News Review:
- Tasmania rejects GST cut on fuel
- Small is best on payday
- Andrew Forrest tops James Packer on BRW rich list
- Shirt hits the fans
Tasmania rejects GST cut on fuel
abc.net.au – May 28, 2008
A Federal Government review is considering the implications of dropping the G-S-T on fuel a move which could save motorists up to four cents a litre. Revenue from the fuel tax flows to state governments which stand to lose $680 million a year.
Small is best on payday
NEWS.com.au – May 28, 2008
2 per cent average increase in the year to March beating the 4. 7 per cent average at larger firms. The gap was even greater in Victoria and Tasmania. Workers at large firms in those states got an average rise of 4. 5 per cent 1 per cent less than at smaller companies. Large firms were defined as those producing more than $10 million in turnover. The institute has predicted wage rises for big business employees will again lag behind this year… story-share –> AUSTRALIAN workers employed by small companies enjoyed the biggest pay rises in the past year research shows. In Victoria this means the average rise was about $600 more for small business staff. The Australian Institute of Management survey showed staff at small and medium-sized companies received a 5. 2 per cent average increase in the year to March beating the 4. 7 per cent average at larger firms. The gap was even greater in Victoria and Tasmania. Workers at large firms in those states got an average rise of 4.
Andrew Forrest tops James Packer on BRW rich list
NEWS.com.au – May 28, 2008
The other dominant industry among the debutants was the rural sector which provided five new entrants. Leading the pack as Sterling Buntine at No. 118 who has amassed a $338 million fortune from the cattle stations he owns across Western Australia Northern Territory South Australia Queensland and Tasmania. Notable absentees from the 2008 list are the handful of high-profile casualties from the credit crunch namely ABC Learning Centres boss Eddy Groves and former Allco Finance Group executive chairman David Coe. Share this article.
Shirt hits the fans
The Australian – May 28, 2008
Suddenly Kev’s 2003 trip to Scores strip club in New York seemed quite tame. But as keen followers of West Australian politics will know the folks at Thaindian News mixed up their Labor luminaries. It was of course WA Premier Alan Carpenter – not the PM – who is alleged to have lifted the shirt of a colleague during a boozy night in a karaoke lounge in 2004. The shirt-lifting confusion was contained in a story about the sex scandal surrounding WA Energy Minister Fran Logan who admitted pestering a ministerial staff member to have threesome sex with him and another government employee.