Tag: NSW

New South Wales is the first state government in Australia to introduce zero percent stamp duty, but with limitations and a two year trial period.

Payroll tax and stamp duty changes are demanded in NSW’s Budget next Tuesday in order to return NSW business competitiveness and encourage employment, says accounting firm BDO.

House sales in NSW crashed 9.6 percent in April according to the HIA, with buyers reacting strongly to successive interest rate increases from the RBA.

CeBIT Sydney organiser Hannover Fairs Australia have been promised full support from the NSW Government through to 2013 by Premier Kristina Keneally.

The ACCC has rejected a NSW Government proposal that would require the State owned electricity Generators and the future acquirers of Gentrader bundles to co-insure against outages.

David Campbell has resigned from the NSW Labor Party’s front bench as Minister for Transport and Roads after being exposed visiting a gay sex club in Kensington by Channel 7 news.

Kristina Keneally will defend jobs in regional NSW threatened by the Kevin Rudd’s proposed Resource Super Profits Tax (RSPT) the Premier claimed yesterday.

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART), New South Wales’ pricing regulator has committed the state to significant increases in electricity prices despite Kevin Rudd pushing back an emissions trading scheme (ETS) until 2013.

Those with IT skills are picking up significant pay increases in Western Australia as demand for resources pushes up wages and demand in the state for qualified professionals.

NSW business leaders remain unconvinced about the merits of the Federal Government’s recently introduced National Employment Standards.