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Dec 30, 2004 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Government may use its Senate majority to abolish restrictions on media ownership. It gains control of the Upper House [...]

Nov 24, 2004 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia's state premiers are not happy with Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Mark Latham. The ALP premiers of New [...]

Nov 23, 2004 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Labor Party's leader, Mark Latham, has lashed out at state Labor premiers in the wake of the 2004 federal [...]

Nov 18, 2004 (Northern Territory News - ABIX via COMTEX) Former Central Land Council chairman Tracker Tilmouth is considering standing for the Northern Territory Parliament in 2005. He said he [...]

Nov 16, 2004 (Super Review - ABIX via COMTEX) In Australia, some changes have been made in the composition of the Government, following the general election, held in early October [...]

Nov 11, 2004 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia and the US have similar political systems in some ways. The Democratic Party in the US is roughly equal to the [...]

Nov 11, 2004 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) AVJennings shares fell $A0.20 on 11 November 2004, to a 12-month low of $A1.65, as the group announced its latest results. [...]

Nov 10, 2004 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Government won the 2004 federal election because of its interest rates scare campaign. So says the Australian [...]

Nov 10, 2004 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Few Australian real estate agents are likely to enjoy hefty bonuses for Christmas 2004. A long election campaign, football [...]

Nov 10, 2004 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The Coalition's scare campaign on interest rates in the run-up to the 2004 federal election was 'undeniably effective'. So believes the [...]

Nov 10, 2004 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Consumer confidence in Australia has recovered from the federal election at the start of October 2004. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment [...]

Nov 10, 2004 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Consumer confidence remained strong in November 2004, according to a new survey. The latest Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence shows [...]

Oct 29, 2004 (Oil & Gas Australia - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Government has announced details of further spending on roads and railways, provided it is re-elected at the [...]

Oct 29, 2004 (The Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) Tasmanian forestry company, Gunns, will benefit from the electoral victory of the Coalition. The company is under pressure from environmentalists to [...]

Oct 28, 2004 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) Hydro Tasmania CEO, Geoff Willis, has met Vestas Asia Pacific president, Thorbjorn Rasmussen, to discuss concerns about renewable energy. Willis said [...]

Oct 28, 2004 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The Western Australian Opposition claims Premier Geoff Gallop is bribing voters with pre-election sweeteners. Gallop has announced cuts in [...]

Oct 27, 2004 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The general election is over in Australia, which has translated into a renewed interest in the property market. The [...]

Oct 26, 2004 (The Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) The re-election of Australia's Coalition Government will have an impact on the superannuation sector. The co-contribution scheme will be maintained and [...]

Oct 25, 2004 (Money Management - ABIX via COMTEX) Australia's superannuation industry can expect some continuity in the Australian Government's superannuation policy. The electoral victory of the Coalition means that [...]

Oct 24, 2004 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) The October 2004 Australian elections were a dismal failure for the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It needs to look [...]

Oct 24, 2004 (The Sunday Times - ABIX via COMTEX) Taxes are being reduced in Australia. Firstly, the Federal Government cut taxes and now the Western Australian Government intends doing [...]

Oct 19, 2004 (Intax - ABIX via COMTEX) The 2004 federal election was called in late August 2004 and the Australian Parliament was therefore dissolved. As a result, a number [...]

Oct 18, 2004 (Independent Financial Adviser - ABIX via COMTEX) The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has welcomed the re-election of the Australian Government. John Anning, its head of policy and [...]

Oct 17, 2004 (Sunday Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) The superannuation co-contribution scheme will remain in place as a result of the Australian Government's election victory. The scheme provides [...]

Oct 14, 2004 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) would not be a good investment until its future is assured. Shares in SFE reached record highs [...]

Oct 12, 2004 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Telstra's share price rose $A0.15 to $A4.86 on 11 October 2004, the first trading day after the Australian election. Investors [...]

Oct 12, 2004 (Tax Notes International - ABIX via COMTEX) The Romanian presidential elections are due to be held on 28 November 2004. The Democratic Party and the National Liberal [...]

Oct 12, 2004 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian media groups have benefited from the Coalition's 2004 Australian election victory. Shares in the Seven Network increased 4.8 per cent [...]

Oct 12, 2004 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Share prices for the financial services sector generally performed well on 11 October 2004, following the Coalition's election win. There had [...]

Oct 12, 2004 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The stakes were huge for Australian Treasurer, Peter Costello, in the 2004 federal election. If the Coalition won, there [...]

Oct 12, 2004 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) Tasmanian Premier, Paul Lennon, says the Australian Labor Party (ALP) would have lost more local seats had it released its forests [...]

Oct 11, 2004 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian dollar rose as high as $US0.7382 on 11 October 2004, after closing on 8 October at $US0.7349. [...]

Oct 11, 2004 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) Shares in Tasmanian timber group Gunns increased on 11 October 2004, in response to the re-election of the Australian Government. The [...]

Oct 11, 2004 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian telco giant Telstra enjoyed a surge in its share price on 11 October 2004. The re-election of the Federal Government [...]

Oct 11, 2004 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) With the October 2004 Australian elections out of the way, retail spending should recover. When this is coupled with [...]

Oct 11, 2004 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) The share prices of many Australian media groups rose on 11 October 2004 due to the federal election results. Federal Communications [...]

Oct 11, 2004 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Government will push ahead with its reform agenda after its victory at the October 2004 elections. The [...]

Oct 11, 2004 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian sharemarket strengthened on 11 October 2004, the first day of trade since the Coalition's 2004 election win. The S&P/ASX [...]

Oct 11, 2004 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian financial markets rose due to the strong win by the Coalition parties in the 2004 Federal election. The Government is [...]

Oct 10, 2004 (The Courier-Mail - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian stock market is strong in October 2004 and there are good prospects for the future. Australian stock indices have [...]

Oct 10, 2004 (Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) The return of the Coalition Government in Australia means that restrictions on media ownership are likely to be eased. As a [...]

Oct 10, 2004 (The Daily Telegraph - ABIX via COMTEX) Following the 9 October 2004 federal election in Australia, the Coalition is likely to gain 38 of the 76 seats [...]

Oct 10, 2004 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) Australian Labor Party (ALP) members have threatened a leadership challenge to Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon after the party's federal election defeat. [...]

Oct 10, 2004 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian Greens party rejects claims the federal election result represents a vote against saving Tasmania's old-growth forests from logging. Greens [...]

Oct 05, 2004 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) Investors turned to Australia's listed property trusts (LPTs) on 5 October 2004 in preparation for the 2004 Australian elections. [...]

Oct 05, 2004 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Working-class families have been the big winners in the 2004 federal election campaign in Australia. Political parties have wooed them with [...]

Oct 05, 2004 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) Investors turned to Australia's listed property trusts (LPTs) on 5 October 2004 in preparation for the 2004 Australian elections. Australians will [...]

Oct 05, 2004 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The outcome of the 9 October 2004 federal election in Australia is likely to have a significant effect on [...]

Oct 05, 2004 (Law Institute Journal - ABIX via COMTEX) The Australian legal profession may be affected by a change of Government at the election of 9 October 2004. The [...]

Oct 03, 2004 (Sunday Mail - South Australia - ABIX via COMTEX) Financial experts agree that Australian interest rates will rise soon. They will most likely rise after the general [...]