Businesses can claim an additional tax deduction when they buy certain assets, and when they spend money to improve existing assets, for a limited time. It’s called the Small Business and General Business Tax Break – ‘business tax break’ for short. The Australian Government announced the tax break as an ‘investment allowance’ in December 2008 [...]
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Small business and general business tax break ends 31st December 2009
Posted in Taxation, tagged 31 December 2009., 50% tax deduction, additional tax deduction, announced, assets, ‘business tax break’, ‘investment allowance’, break, budget, businesses, challenges, claim, economic downturn., eligible, eligible assets, extended, general business, government, May, money, Small Business, spend, tax, Tax Break, The Australian Government on December 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Banks set own interest rate hikes
Posted in ALL news, tagged ' worst fears, (RBA), banks, Big Four banks, claim, forced, higher, higher costs, hikes, Homeowners, increase, increases, interest, interest rate, lift, lift interest rates, lift rates, markets, money, mortgage rates, official, official RBA cash rate, raising, rates, reserve bank, rises, wholesale on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Banks say they will be forced to lift rates Will be more than official RBA rises Facing higher costs of raising money BANKS have confirmed homeowners’ worst fears: they will increase mortgage rates by more than the official Reserve Bank rises in the coming months. The Big Four banks claim they will [...]
Bring your mates and rellies to WA
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged August / September edition, codeword, enter from WA, family, flights, four flights to Perth, friends., lifetime, mates, members, money, nearest, newsagent., perth, pom, prize includes, rellies, reunite, reunite friends and family, spending money, spending., tours, trip, trip to Kununurra, uk, visit, WA, western australia, Whingeing Pom magazine, whinging, win the holiday on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For four UK mates and rellies Four friends and family members in the UK can win the holiday of a lifetime to visit their friends and family in Western Australia. The prize includes four flights to Perth, accommodation nights in Perth, a side trip to Kununurra, tours, spending money and more. To enter from WA, you will need [...]
Extend Cash Incentives To Nurses Who Want To Work In General Practice, Australia
Posted in Jobs and careers, tagged , $40 million, 541, AMA, AMA President, aside, Bringing, cash, designed, Dr Andrew Pesce, effectively, extended, federal government's, five years, funding, General, government, health sector, incentive, include, lure, million, money, nurses, Nurses Back, practice, program, recruited, scheme, targets, vital, work, workforce on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The AMA wants the government cash incentive scheme designed to lure nurses back into the workforce to be extended to include nurses who want to work in general practice. It was reported this week (The Australian, 27 August 2009) that the Federal Government’s program to bring nurses back into the workforce was failing to meet [...]
Twitter to help beat supermarket monopoly
Posted in Cost of Living, Local News, tagged a website, across Australia., active, application, Australia, best prices, best-priced, coles, commercial gain, compare prices, costs, country, crowd-sourcing technology, data base, develop, enter, failure, fantastic, Federal Government’s, fight against, Follow @price_check, Google Groups, grocery, Grocery Choice, grocery prices, group of IT experts, help beat, help shoppers, involved, IT, items, log onto, lowest, mobile phone, money, monopoly, new tool, notification, postcode, Price Check, prices, products, public, response, save, save shoppers, saving, saving heaps, shoppers, shopping, site linked, supermarket, supermarket chains, supermarket giants, supermarket monopoly, supermarket prices, supermarkets, transparent, Twitter, Twitter users, unpopular, using Twitter, via, web, website, website - set up, website launch, Woolworths on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TWITTER is the new tool being used to fight against high supermarket prices across Australia. Following the failure of the Federal Government’s Grocery Choice website – set up to help shoppers find the lowest grocery prices in supermarkets around the country – a group of IT experts are using Twitter and Google Groups to develop Price [...]
Tributes held across Australia today for Jane McGrath
Posted in ALL news, tagged $5.5 million, 2002, 45 McGrath, across, across Australia today, across the country, Adelaide, ALL news, Art Gallery of NSW, Australia, Australian women, awareness, breast cancer, breast cancer nurses, breast cancer victims, Breast Care, brisbane, Canberra, cancer research., cancer., co-founded, coming, cricketer, currently, death, disease, eight, Executive Director, facilities, former, Foundation, Glenn McGrath, hard day, health care, honour, husband, including Jane McGrath, Jane, Jane and Glenn, Jane McGrath, McGrath Foundation, Melbourne, Memorial services, money, months., nation., Newcastle, nurses, one year, perth, placed, raise, raised, significant day., sites Sydney, The McGrath Foundation, today, Today memorials, Tracy Bevan, Tributes, very proud day, working on June 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I know if Jane were here today, she would have been so happy to see that so many Australian women and their families are being helped by the work the McGrath Foundation is doing each day. Executive Director of the Foundation TracyBevan Memorial services will be held across the nation today to honour breast cancer [...]