6 Quotes by Heather Ridout

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    New orders jumped sharply in the month. Manufacturing experienced moderate growth in December to end the year in positive territory.

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    This super tax subtracts directly from saving, it decreases future tax revenues and increases future age pension payments.

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    This relatively positive end to 2005, if sustained early in the new year, could help rebuild confidence in the sector.

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    This shake-up of the personal income tax scale would boost incentives for lower-income earners to participate in the workforce. It would be of greatest benefit to low- and middle-income families.

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    COAG has taken important steps in helping the alleviation of skill shortages by agreeing to this raft of reforms.

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    Consumers are worrying about interest-rate risks, their high credit-card bills and the fact that their houses haven't risen in value as much as last year.

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