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Education promise for indigenous students

Courier Mail, 24/05/2010, 3

Extract:At a Committee for Economic Development of Australia lunch last week, Education Queensland assistant directorgeneral of Indigenous Education and Training Futures Ian Mackie said the service guarantee
was "life-enhancing" and "economically powerful".

Reporting on the event Indigenous Engagement Reform Series: Education to Employment, QLD 19/05/2010

Miners' QR bid backed

Courier Mail, 15/05/2010, 83

Extract:Addressing a CEDA debate on the merits of a QR National IPO, Dr Fitzgerald said the coal companies should be considered as buyers of the below rail QR National assets, the opposite view to the State Government.

"Especially if an IPO is pursued, QR's track and haulage business should be separated," he said.

Reporting on the event Queensland Rail Divestment Process: Treasurer's Update, QLD 14/05/2010

Conlon's swipe at parklands

Advertiser (Adelaide), 12/05/2010, 11

Extract:At the Committee for Economic Development of Australia Transport Infrastructure Review lunch at the Convention Centre yesterday, Mr Conlon said: "The parklands, a great deal of it, resemble the paddock you used to keep the cows in before going off to the abattoirs.

Reporting on the event SA Transport Infrastructure Review, SA 11/05/2010

Letters to Mr Swan

Advertiser (Adelaide), 11/05/2010, 32

Extract:Education Minister Julia Gillard told the Committee for Economic Development of Australia in Adelaide last week, "looking at the facts and figures available to us it is pretty clear that we have a siginificant mismatch when it comes to skills."

Reporting on the event CEDA Leaders Series - Hon Julia Gillard MP, SA 04/05/2010

ANZ's Smith backs miners in resource tax fight

Australian Financial Review, 7/05/2010, 55

Extract:Australia and New Zealand Banking Group chief executive says the government's new resource tax risks alienating international investors. Mr Smith, in a speech yesterday to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, urged the government to introduce tax incentives to encourage bank deposits. While a proposal to offer tax concessions for interest earned on deposits was a key recommendation of the Henry tax review, it was not taken up by the government.

Reporting on the event CEO Vision Series Part II - Mike Smith, ANZ, NSW 06/05/2010

Ports consider new peak-hour charge

Australian Financial Review, 5/05/2010, 13

Extract:New fees to apply to peak hour traffic at Australia's most important ports could be imposed on transport operators to ease congestion, Nick Dimopoulos, National Transport Commission chief, said yesterday at a lunch hosted by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia. Mr Dimopoulos discussed the peak pricing model developed for Port Botany in Sydney; a model that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has portrayed as a major priority.

Reporting on the event Transport Infrastructure Series Part II, NSW 04/05/2010