Media releases

Labor released its tax policy 16 day ago. It could have been submitted for costing any day since then.

Mark Latham's tax policy is underfunded by $2.7 billion.

The Coalition has to date submitted the following policies for costing by the Departments of Treasury and Finance under the Charter of Budget Honesty:

The States and Territories are benefiting from a cumulative GST windfall of $11.8billion to 2007-08, which is more than triple the estimate at the inaugural meeting of the Ministerial Council

The Australian Government general government sector recorded an underlying cash surplus of $8billion in 2003-04.

I am announcing today that the Coalition will increase our contribution to the Scoresby Freeway by $120 million, to a total of $565 million, provided the Victorian Government reverses its dec

Data from the ANZ Bank job advertisements series released today show the number of newspaper job advertisements increased by 4.0 per cent in August to an average of 22,463 per week.

On Thursday Mark Latham signed a large piece of cardboard emblazoned with huge lettering: "LABOR’S LOW INTEREST RATE GUARANTEE".

Today’s National Accounts show the Australian economy continues its solid run growing by 0.6percent in the June quarter 2004, to be 4.1percent higher through the year.

The Productivity Commission is to inquire into the commercial relationship between the smash repair industry and the insurance industry at the request of the Treasurer, Peter Costell

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The Treasurer, Peter Costello, and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Warren Truss, have announced that the Productivity Commission will conduct an inquiry into Austra

Today’s balance of payments data show that Australia posted a current account deficit of $12.0 billion or an estimated 5.9 per cent of GDP in the June quarter 2004.

Today I am announcing the Government’s decision to introduce legislation to ensure that qualifying gifts to the Lord Somers Camp and Power House continue to be tax deductible.

The management of Australia’s $800b economy could not be a more serious issue.

At a conference for Family Business Australia over the weekend, Labor’s Finance Spokesman Mr McMullan repeatedly denied that Labor had a policy to introduce a new federal payroll tax.

U.S. Treasury Secretary John W.

Today I am announcing the Government’s decision to extend the gift deductibility status for the Shrine of Remembrance Foundation to 1 July 2006, and for the Shrine of Remembrance Restoration

The Government is today releasing the report of the Productivity Commission inquiry into the gas access regime.

The Treasurer today released the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s third public liability and professional indemnity insurance monitoring report.