| Source: | Lateline Business |
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| Published: | Wednesday, August 6, 2008 8:49 AEST |
| Expires: | Tuesday, November 4, 2008 8:49 AEST |
Treasurer Wayne Swan and Treasury secretary Ken Henry today launched their review Australia's complex tax system. At the top of the wish list for business are cuts in personal and company rates and a change in the way that income from capital is taxed.
Electricity is vital for a basic standard of living in Australia, not an optional extra.
An elephant has turned over cars and injured its keeper in a five-hour rampage in India.
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