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Peter Costello

Treasurer

11 March 1996 - 3 December 2007

2001 Media Releases

1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007

103 21/12/2001 Government Announces Auto Industry Review
102 21/12/2001 Productivity Commission Report On Telecommunications Competition Regulation
101 20/12/2001 Government Response To The Withdrawal Of Terrorism Insurance
100 20/12/2001 Appointment of Mr Glenn Stevens as Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia
099 19/12/2001 IMF Points To Continued Solid Growth for Australia
098 17/12/2001 Implementation of Election Commitments Regarding The Additional First Home Owners Grant for New Homes
097 14/12/2001 Commonwealth National Competition Policy Payments to States and Territories for 2001-02
096 14/12/2001 Treasury Portfolio - Allocation of Ministerial Functions
095 06/12/2001 2002-03 Pre-Budget Submissions
094 05/12/2001 National Accounts: September Quarter 2001
093 18/11/2001 Ottawa Action Plans to Fight Financing of Terrorism; World Economy Weakens
092 15/11/2001 Ethiopia Qualifies For Debt Relief
091 30/10/2001 Pakenham Bypass
090 29/10/2001 Labor's New Policy - Higher Petrol Prices for All
089 28/10/2001 First Child Tax Refund
088 26/10/2001 Labor's Black Hole: Econtech is Right and Labor Wrong
087 24/10/2001 Mr Crean's Tax Scam
086 24/10/2001 Labor Blows the Budget
085 24/10/2001 Consumer Price Index - September Quarter 2001
084 19/10/2001 Beazley's Rollback: All Talk, No Ticker
083 17/10/2001 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook Shows a Resilient Australian Economy
082 15/10/2001 Taxation of Expatriates
081 15/10/2001 Venture Capital
080 12/10/2001 Beazley's Big BAS Bungle
079 08/10/2001 Appointments to the Companies and Securities Advisory Committee
078 08/10/2001 Deductibility of Travel Expenses
077 05/10/2001 Capital Gains Tax - Rollover Of Assets From Trusts To Companies
076 02/10/2001 Beazley says breaking tax promises not "Unreasonable"
075 27/09/2001 Australian Competition Tribunal Appointment
074 27/09/2001 Protocol Amending the Australia-United States Of America Double Taxation Convention
073 26/09/2001 IMF Says Economic Fundamentals in Australia Remain Sound
072 26/09/2001 2000-01 Final Budget Outcome
071 17/09/2001 Appointments to the Financial Reporting Council
070 13/09/2001 Appointment of Member of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
069 12/09/2001 National Accounts: June Quarter 2001
068 10/09/2001 Rollback Equals Complexity
067 09/09/2001 Eighth APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting
066 04/09/2001 The 8th APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting in China
065 04/09/2001 Film Production - Refundable Tax Offset
064 30/08/2001 Appointment to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
063 28/08/2001 Singapore Telecommunications Limited - Acquisition Of Cable & Wireless Optus Limited
062 24/08/2001 Release of the Report of the Charities Definition Inquiry
061 23/08/2001 GROOM FEC
060 22/08/2001 Singapore Telecommunications Limited - Application for Foreign Investment Approval to Acquire Cable & Wireless Optus Limited
059 16/08/2001 Appointment Of Mr Anthony D'Aloisio To The Board Of Taxation
058 08/08/2001 OECD Survey Of The Australian Economy
057 02/08/2001 Debt Issuance By Australian Governments
056 01/08/2001 Retail Trade: Continuing Good Economic News
055 26/07/2001 Foreign Investment Approval of Brambles Industries Limited-GKN Plc Merger
054 26/07/2001 Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia
053 25/07/2001 Consumer Price Index June quarter 2001
052 23/07/2001 New Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council
051 09/07/2001 Alienation of Personal Services Income
050 08/07/2001 Fuel Taxation Inquiry
049 05/07/2001 Treasurer's Press Release No. 47
048 05/07/2001 Simon "Conroy" Crean Admits GST Rollback Means Higher Taxes, Lower Pensions
047 29/06/2001 Alienation of Personal Services Income - agents
046 29/06/2001 Peter Reith
045 20/06/2001 Queensland's GST Revenue
044 15/06/2001 Capital Gains Tax Amendments and Private Conservation
043 07/06/2001 The Facts On Saving
042 07/06/2001 Simon Crean on AM - That GST Is Overheating the Economy Again!
041 06/06/2001 National Accounts: March Quarter 2001
040 04/06/2001 Foreign Investment Approval of BHP Limited-Billiton Plc Merger
039 25/05/2001 Tasmania Boosts Spending Thanks To New Tax System
038 22/05/2001 Thin Capitalisation And Debt/Equity Borderline - Changes To Exposure Draft Legislation
037 22/05/2001 Senior Australians: Increase In Effective Tax Free Threshold
036 22/05/2001 Pensioners Below Seniors Age: Increase In Effective Tax Free Threshold
035 22/05/2001 Senior Australians And Pensioners: Increase In Medicare Levy Threshold
034 22/05/2001 Cost of Motor Vehicles for Business to Fall
033 22/05/2001 Capital Gains Tax Relief for Shareholders of Listed Investment Companies
032 15/05/2001 Victoria Boosts Spending Thanks To New Tax System
031 09/05/2001 Uniform Capital Allowances System - Release of Revised Exposure Draft Legislation
030 03/05/2001 The OECD Expects Growth Rebound in Australia
029 30/04/2001 IMF/World Bank Meetings Focus on World Economic Outlook and Reducing Poverty
028 26/04/2001 IMF Predicts Favourable Economic Prospects for Australia
027 26/04/2001 Retirement of Edward Evans AC - Secretary to the Treasury
026 24/04/2001 Consumer Price Index - March Quarter 2001
025 23/04/2001 Foreign Investment Proposal - Shell Australia Investments Limited’s (Shell)
024 11/04/2001 No Excuse For States To Delay $14 000 Home Grant
023 06/04/2001 2001-2002 Budget - Media Lockup Arrangements 
022 30/03/2001 Additional Funding For Indigenous Organisations
021 30/03/2001 Meeting Of The Ministerial Council For Commonwealth-State Financial
020 26/03/2001 Crean Flops The Budget Test
019 24/03/2001 Economic Growth and Tax Reform
018 23/03/2001 Loan to PNG: Release of Second Tranche
017 23/03/2001 Detail of Additional First Home Owners Grant for New Homes
016 22/03/2001 Business Tax Reform - Implementation Timetable
015 22/03/2001 IMF Commends Government’s Economic Management
014 22/03/2001 Appointment of Mr Donald McGauchie to the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia
013 13/03/2001 Australian Newspaper Wrong
012 08/03/2001 Reporting Date Extended For Charities Inquiry
011 07/03/2001 National Accounts: December Quarter 2000
010 06/03/2001 Nomination Of Australian Alternate Director To The Asian Development Bank
008 27/02/2001 Entity Taxation  
007 22/02/2001 Streamlined GST and PAYG Reporting
006 21/02/2001 Release of Exposure Draft Legislation - Thin Capitalisation and the Debt/Equity Borderline
005 02/02/2001 Nicaragua Qualifies for Debt Relief
004 01/02/2001 Labor's Little Deception Entirely False
003 31/01/2001 Indexation of on-Road Diesel and Alternative Fuel Grants
002 24/01/2001 Taxation Treatment of Datacasting Transmitter Licences
001 24/01/2001 Consumer Price Index - December Quarter 2000