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	Treasurer of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Australian Treasurer is the minister responsible for government expenditure and revenue raising.
		The Treasurer is often seen by the press and the public as a necessary stepping-stone to the Prime Ministership, however, only six Prime Ministers have served as Treasurer before ascending to higher office.
		Treasurers Watson, Fisher, Scullin, Lyons, Menzies, Chifley, Whitlam and Hawke were also Prime Minister during some or all of their period as Treasurer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Treasurer_of_Australia (164 words)

	Encyclopedia: Treasurer of Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia.
		United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian political party that was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia.
		John Sydney Dawkins was the Treasurer of Australia from December 1991 to December 1993.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Treasurer-of-Australia (3356 words)

	The Assistant Treasurer - Press Release - Australia-Canada Double Taxation Convention Amended [21/01/2003]
		On 18 July 2004, The Hon Mal Brough MP was appointed Minister for Revenue and the Assistant Treasurer,
		Under the Protocol, the maximum rate of dividend withholding tax which either country may impose on non-portfolio dividends (ie dividends where the holding is greater than 10%) is reduced from 15% to 5%.
		(Australia does not currently impose such a tax.) Prior to the Protocol, the rate of branch profits tax was limited to 15%.
	assistant.treasurer.gov.au /atr/content/pressreleases/2003/002.asp (549 words)

	national campaigns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Australia furthers its international economic position through involvement with the MDBs and it is in Australia’s interests in terms of security and trade to be influential in shaping the development agenda, particularly in the Asia Pacific region.
		Australia is the 15th largest out of 185 member countries in the IBRD, holding $4.4 billion worth of shares, representing 1.56% of total subscriptions and 1.98% of the voting power.
		The treasurer is the governor for Australia in the ADB and Mr Stephen Sedgwick is the ADB Executive Director for Australia representing the constituency which includes Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Hong Kong, China, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.
	www.foe.org.au /nc/nc_ifi_austifi.htm (842 words)

	Search Results for "Australia"
		Australia, 1788-1914 (See 1792-93)AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (MAP)The 19th century in Australia was characterized by European settlement and political and economic...
		Australia (See 1914, Sept. 5)The two world wars were Australia's largest national enterprises, and were fought at great cost in lives and suffering.
		The Literature of Australia and New Zealand: Bibliography.
	bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?...&query=Australia (261 words)

	Australia and the IMF -- Page 2 of 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The International Monetary and Financial Committee statement on behalf of Australia, Kiribati, Korea (Republic of), Marshall Islands (Republic of the), Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, New Zealand, Palau (Republic of), Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
		On behalf of the constituency comprising Australia, Cambodia, Kiribati, Korea (Republic of), Marshall Islands (Republic of), Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, New Zealand, Palau (Republic of), Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
		The International Monetary and Financial Committee statement on behalf of the constituency comprising Australia, Kiribati, Korea (Republic of), Marshall Islands (Republic of), Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, New Zealand, Palau (Republic of), Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
	www.imf.org /external/country/AUS?pn=2 (806 words)

	A Fact Sheet: Australia and ADB - ADB.org
		Australia is the fourth largest shareholder in ADB among its regional members.
		Australia has contributed to the Asian Development Fund (ADF), which is ADB’s window for concessional lending to its borrowing members, and to the Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF), which provides grants to borrowing members to help prepare projects and undertake technical or policy studies.
		The Honorable Peter Costello, M.P., Treasurer of Australia, is the Governor for Australia in ADB.
	www.adb.org /Documents/Fact_Sheets/AUS.asp (1050 words)

	Business Asia: Australia: the right mix for investors? With over a decade of economic growth behind it, and forecasts ...
		Australia's higher education enrolment rate, at around 80 per cent, is the highest in the region and ranked third worldwide.
		Australia also has the highest availability of IT skills in the region and is ranked in the top ten countries in the world for the availability of skilled labour, IT professionals, finance skills and qualified engineers.
		Australia's telecommunications and IT market has grown to become one of the biggest in Asia and the tenth largest in the world according to WITSA Digital Planet 2002.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BJT/is_5_11/ai_105658339 (1433 words)

	The Assistant Treasurer - New Australia-Mexico Tax Treaty [05/02/2004]
		Australia’s trade and investment relationship with Mexico is the largest Australia has with any Latin American country, exceeding $A1 billion in 2003,” Senator Coonan said.
		The basis of allocating these rights is substantially the same as those adopted in Australia’s other modern tax treaties.
		“The treaty will provide Australia with a competitive tax framework for international trade and investment, while ensuring the Australian revenue base is sustainable and suitably protected.
	www.treasurer.gov.au /atr/content/pressreleases/2004/002.asp (365 words)

	Andrew_Fisher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Andrew Fisher (29 August, 1862 - 22 October, 1928), Australian politician and fifth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Crosshouse, a mining village near Kilmarnock in Ayrshire Scotland.
		But his two attempts, in 1911 and 1913, to carry constitutional referendums to give the government power to regulate monopolies and industrial conditions were rejected by the voters, and at the 1913 elections Labor was narrowly defeated by the Liberals, led by Joseph Cook.
		He pledged that Australia would "stand beside the mother country to help and defend her to the last man and the last shilling." Labor won the election comfortably.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Andrew_Fisher (527 words)

	The Assistant Treasurer - Press Release - Australia-Malaysia Double Taxation Agreement Amended [24/10/2003]
		Malaysia is Australia's third largest trading partner in ASEAN and the nation's eleventh largest partner overall.
		Australia is Malaysia's twelfth largest export market for goods and a major provider of education services.
		Following the exchange of diplomatic notes between the two countries, the Second Protocol will have effect in Australia in relation to the tax sparing provisions for any year of income beginning on or after 1 July 1992.
	assistant.treasurer.gov.au /atr/content/pressreleases/2003/098.asp (390 words)

	JS-1857: Australia-United States Financial Services Discussions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		U.S. Treasury Secretary John W. Snow and Treasurer of Australia, the Honorable Peter Costello M.P., are pleased to note the enhanced economic relationship between the United States and Australia, including in the financial services sector.
		Direct and portfolio equity investment by the United States in Australia was US$105 billion as at the end of 2003, with equity investment in banks and other financial sector institutions of US$17 billion as at 30 June 2003.
		All of Australia's major banks have a presence in the United States, and there is increasing investment by Australia's mutual funds in the U.S. economy.
	www.ustreas.gov /press/releases/js1857.htm (243 words)

	CNN.com - Australia's Costello cautious on global upturn - January 30, 2002
		As Treasurer, Costello has presided over a standout performance by the Australian economy in 2001, with growth of more than 2 percent in 2001 and a likely spurt to more than 3 percent in 2002.
		Costello, who is Australia's acting prime minister while John Howard is in New York this week at the World Economic Forum, said he did not believe the United States was on the threshold of a surge or early recovery.
		Responding to descriptions of Australia as the region's "miracle economy", Costello said the country's big challenge remained the international economic environment.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/BUSINESS/asia/01/30/aust.costello.biz (460 words)

	CNN.com - Australia cuts key rate to 5.75 percent - February 6, 2001
		SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia's central bank has followed the lead of the United States, cutting its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 5.75 per cent.
		Australia's dollar was little changed after the rate announcement, inching up to US$0.5491 from US$0.5486 before the move.
		Australia's conservative coalition government is expected to call a federal election late in 2001 in an attempt to win a third majority government.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/02/06/australia.ratecut.business (492 words)

	Treasurer of Australia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The (The Austronesian languages spoken by Australian aborigines) Australian Treasurer is the minister responsible for government expenditure and revenue raising.
		The Treasurer is often seen by the press and the public as a necessary stepping-stone to the (The person who holds the position of head of state in England) Prime Ministership, however, only six Prime Ministers have served as Treasurer before ascending to higher office.
		Treasurers Watson, Fisher, Scullin, Lyons, Menzies, Chifley, Whitlam and Hawke were also (The person who holds the position of head of state in England) Prime Minister during some or all of their period as Treasurer.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/treasurer_of_australia.htm (1020 words)

	Australia - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lying southeast of Asia, it is bound by the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Coral Sea to the northeast, the Timor Sea to the northwest, the Indian Ocean to the west and the Tasman Sea to the southeast.
		Australia can experience hurricanes and cyclones on both coasts mainly on the northeast and northwest while droughts are also common.
		In 1949 Sir Robert Menzies was elected Prime Minister of a Liberal coalition government and in the same year Australia contributed forces to a UN command in the Korean War.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/austral.htm (2099 words)

	Treasury Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A treasurer is the person in charge of the treasury; although, in some systems (such as the US) the treasurer reports to a secretary of the treasury.
		The Treasurer is responsible for drafting the government budget and coordinating government expenditure.
		Starting in Tudor times, the Lord Treasurer became one of the chief officers of state, and competed with the Lord Chancellor for the principal place.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/182/treasury-us.html (537 words)

	PM - Treasurer says Australia can weather economic storm
		ZOE DANIEL: Erring on the likelihood of a short sharp slowdown though, Alan Greenspan and the Treasurer are on the same wavelength.
		Nevertheless the Treasurer argues, and here's the election pitch, that there is stormy weather ahead of some description and it's not a time to be changing the ground rules.
		He believes the electorate may be pushed to make a change just for a breath of fresh air, but again although he believes the economic future's not too dire, he's warned over changing the settings.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s246536.htm (589 words)

	Australia's Demographic Challenges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In addition, Australia's recent switch to a consumption tax will be of considerable assistance in terms of a source of revenue for government because all consumers pay tax.
		In Australia, ageing is not a "crisis" as suggested by the World Bank (1994), nor is it even that "complex and formidable set of interrelated challenges" proposed by the OECD (1998).
		The costs to Australia of not developing a culture of lifelong learning may be very severe with respect to our rate of economic growth and our competitiveness in the global economy.
	www.cota.org.au /demog04.htm (5199 words)

	Joseph_Lyons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Joseph Aloysius Lyons (September 15, 1879 - April 7, 1939), Australian politician and tenth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Stanley, Tasmania, the son of Irish immigrants.
		In 1909 Lyons was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
		From 1914 to 1916 he was Treasurer (finance minister) and Minister for Education and Railways in John Earle's Labor government.
	www.plasmatvwholesaler.com /search.php?title=Joseph_Lyons (562 words)

	CNN.com - $2.5bn to create Fortress Australia - May 15, 2002
		In his Budget speech delivered Tuesday evening, Treasurer Peter Costello said that since the events of September 11, Australia could no longer take its security for granted.
		He said the added cost of preventing asylum-seekers getting to Australia was far less than the cost of coping with the 2,000 or more boat-people who had been arriving each month on Australian shores before the crackdown.
		Australia's commitment to the war on terrorism also receives a big spending boost.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/05/15/aust.defense.spending (558 words)

	Treasurer Profile Drama Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Treasurer focuses on the effective and efficient financial management of the Association.
		He was involved in the development of year 12 Drama in South Australia in 1983 and has taught it since.
		At that level he has been an exam setter, maker and moderator and was involved in the development of the new stage 2 or year twelve courses introduced last year.
	homepage.powerup.com.au /~foxes/contacts_committee/treasurer_text.html (397 words)

	Australia and UK sign new tax treaty
		As such, if a UK person working in Australia were exempt under the 183 day rule on their salary income, then in general, the employing company would be relieved from Australian tax on any fringe benefits that were delivered in Australia.
		Further, a source country company pays a dividend to a company resident in the other country, a tax credit for underlying tax paid must be given where the resident company owns at least 10% of the voting power in the source country company.
		In respect of Australia, the new Treaty will have effect for withholding tax income that is derived by a non-resident on or after 1 July 2004).
	www.ey.com /global/content.nsf/UK/IT_-_Alerts_-_03_08_DC_-_australia_uk_sign (2018 words)

	Special Adjournment - 05/12/2002 - ADJ
		If the Treasurer is going to be here until 2016, I cannot think of a finer place for him to be in the interests of the State of New South Wales.
		I chose the Australia Party at the time, funded and founded by Gordon Barton and Ken Thomas, because it was the green party of the day.
		I encourage the Treasurer, who has never come to Lismore when I have been there, or has never let me know he is coming so that I could host him, to visit the museum.
	www.parliament.nsw.gov.au /prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC20021205070 (23104 words)

	Harold_Holt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He was born in Sydney, the son of Tom Holt, a well-known theatre director, but he was educated at schools in Melbourne and at the University of Melbourne, where he graduated in law.
		In October 1966 US President Lyndon B. Johnson toured Australia at Holt's invitation, and in December he called an election on the slogan "All the Way with LBJ." Holt had an enormous victory over Labor, whose leader, Calwell, bitterly opposed the war.
		Holt is commemorated by an unusual memorial, considering the manner of his death: the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre, a swimming pool in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern.
	www.comicscomics.com /search.php?title=Harold_Holt (775 words)

	Remarks at Dinner Given by Australian Ambassador, 9/14/62 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We are glad to see Australia assuming the responsibilities of empire in coming here, and we are particularly glad to welcome you in the year 1962.
		This is an old relationship between the United States and Australia, and particularly between Rhode Island and Australia.
		Their cargoes, I regret to say, consisted mainly of gin and rum, and the effect was to set back the athletic development, until the recent great temperance movement in Australia, for many years.
	www.jfklibrary.org /jfk_australian_ambassador_dinner_sept_14_1962.html (722 words)

	Australia's Ageing Population (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The project, published as an issue of CEDA's Growth series examines the implications of the ageing of Australia's population.
		Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has described the ageing of the population as perhaps the most significant, longer-term domestic policy challenge.
		The publication' Australia's Ageing Population: Fiscal, Labour Market and Social Implications' was launched in March 2004.
	www.ceda.com.au /ResearchNew/ResearchProjects/AustAgeingPopulationFLMSI.html (135 words)

	The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer - Press Release - Australia Joins OECD to Protect Consumers Against ...
		On 7 October 2003, The Hon Ross Cameron MP was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer,
		Australia has joined forces with OECD countries to protect consumers against the growing problem of cross-border fraud and other scams, particularly on the internet.
		"A major concern to Australia is that court-ordered remedies prohibiting fraud operators from engaging in their disreputable practices can be relatively ineffective across borders.
	parlsec.treasurer.gov.au /parlsec/content/pressreleases/2003/032.asp (325 words)

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