Australian Industry Group

...opposition emissions trading spokesman Ian Macfarlane, including over the cost of proposed Coalition amendments, the head of the Australian Industry Group, Heather Ridout, suggested cutting household compensation and the proposed petrol...

In this article: Nick Minchin, Tony Abbott, Climate change, Carbon, Ian Macfarlane, and Kevin Rudd

...the 20 or so "gassy" mines that will bear high costs under the scheme. The regional delegation is backed by the Aluminium Council and the Australian Industry Group. In The Australian Today Susannah Moran ASIC has been left with a $35...

In this article: Coal, Methane, Malcolm Turnbull, Canberra, Australia, and Marius Kloppers

...without damaging the existing steel industry, according to the plan developed by university academics, the South Coast Labor Council, the Australian Industry Group, local governments and staff from the state environment and education...

In this article: Wollongong University, Coal, Carbon, and BlueScope Steel

...will impose greater costs on industries that are subject to the proposed [scheme],'' said Heather Ridout, the chief executive of the Australian Industry Group. ''The exclusion of agriculture will mean that over the longer term, industries...

In this article: Copenhagen, Malcolm Turnbull, Climate change, Kevin Rudd, Kyoto Protocol, House of Representatives, and APEC

...pushed the index slightly higher than September's level and further above the 50 point mark separating expansion and contraction. Australian Industry Group, Associate Director Public Policy, Peter Burn said that while the growth in the...

In this article: Reserve Bank of Australia and Australia

...to make out that they are adding all these homes to the public housing stock," opposition housing spokesman Scott Morrison told The Australian. "But the way that they've been doing it is by knocking other ones down. "You've got to ask...

In this article: NSW, New York, and Order of Australia

An unexpected dip in retail sales is a reminder that the economy is still struggling to gain traction, but not a sign that it is hopelessly bogged. The value of retail turnover fell by 0.2 per cent in September, the Australian Bureau of...

In this article: Reserve Bank of Australia

...has expanded into the black for the first time in 19 months, as more Australians consume retail goods and recreational services. The Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Performance of Services Index (PSI) rose by a seasonally...

In this article: Inventories and Recession

Activity in the largest sector of the Australian economy - services - jumped in October as sales and new orders rose. The Australian Industry Group-Commonwealth Bank of Australia performance of services index climbed 5.5 points to 54.8 in...

In this article: AiG

The Australian sharemarket has received a mixed lead from Wall Street, with major indices lower, but precious and base metals and oil, higher. This morning on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was...

In this article: International Monetary Fund, S&P500, Europe, Lloyds, Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, Johnson & Johnson, Wall Street, UK, and India