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Tonagh’s plan to get halo back on pay TV

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Original article by Dominic White
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 30 : 2-May-16

The iQ3 digital recorder, the Presto streaming video joint venture with Seven West Media and the wholesale broadband deal with Telstra are among the priorities for Foxtel CEO Peter Tonagh. Restoring Foxtel’s "halo" following the success of Netflix is also on the agenda for Tonagh, who acknowledges that the pay-TV group needs to do more to promote the fact that it offers a much large range of content than Netflix.

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FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, AUSTAR UNITED COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, GOLDMAN SACHS AND PARTNERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, CITIGROUP PTY LTD, FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FETCHTV PTY LTD, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, HARVEY NORMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX HVN, SKY PLC, EASYNET GROUP

ALP’s climate policy ‘to leave some in dark’

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Original article by Rick Morton
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 29-Apr-16

Welfare groups are concerned about the Australian Labor Party’s new climate change policy on low-income households if it wins the 2016 federal election. Labor says the policy will have a limited impact on electricity prices, but Welfare Rights Network Sydney’s Gerard Thomas argues that compensation will be necessary and it must be more equitable than that provided under Labor’s carbon tax. The Labor policy includes an emissions trading scheme and sourcing 50 per cent of the nation’s electric power from renewable energy by 2030.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, WELFARE RIGHTS NETWORK SYDNEY, COUNCIL ON THE AGEING, COMBINED PENSIONERS AND SUPERANNUANTS ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, AUSTRALIAN GREENS

$1b call to land air traffic under private control

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Original article by Jamie Freed
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 26 : 29-Apr-16

The Australian Aviation Associations’ Forum (TAAAF) believes air traffic control provider Airservices Australia would operate more efficiently as a private company. According to TAAAF chairman Greg Russell, the most appropriate would be the not-for-profit business model. The Airline Owners & Pilots Association also called for the privatisation of Airservices. The sale could raise $A1 billion for the Federal Government.

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AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN AVIATION ASSOCIATIONS’ FORUM, AIRLINE OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION, NAV CANADA, QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN, VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX VAH, AUSTRALIA. PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION

Unionists descend into business-class warfare

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Original article by Elizabeth Colman
The Australian – Page: 1 & 6 : 29-Apr-16

ACTU secretary Dave Oliver has accused Tourism Accommodation Australia chairman Martin Ferguson of hypocrisy. Ferguson has called for Sunday penalty rates in the hospitality industry to be reduced, but Oliver notes that the former federal Australian Labor Party minister’s parliamentary Gold Pass allows him to travel business-class while advocating a reduction in the wages of low-paid employees. The Fair Work Commission is reviewing weekend penalty rates in sectors such as hospitality and retailing.

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ACTU, TOURISM ACCOMMODATION AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. FAIR WORK COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION, CONSTRUCTION, FORESTRY, MINING AND ENERGY UNION OF AUSTRALIA

Budget to reopen uni fees fight

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 6 : 29-Apr-16

The Australian Government’s May 2016 Budget will include the deregulation of university fees. However, fees may be capped rather than allowing universities to set their own fees. The Senate rejected the Government’s previous attempt to fully deregulate higher education fees, which was a key initiative in the highly unpopular 2014 Budget. The Budget will also include reduced funding for schemes such as the Higher Education Participation & Partnerships Program and the Promoting Excellence in Learning & Teaching in Higher Education program.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA

Slashed TV fee delivers windfall

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 4 : 29-Apr-16

The office of Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has declined to comment on speculation that the Australian Government’s May 2016 Budget will include a reduction in TV broadcasters’ licence fees. Free-to-air networks have lobbied the Government in the lead-up to the Budget, and some media reports have suggested that it will agree to their request. Pay-TV group Foxtel has argued that any reduction in licence fees should be accompanied by changes to the anti-siphoning list for sports events.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, PRIME MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX PRT, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, NETFLIX INCORPORATED

WIN loses streaming battle against Nine

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 29-Apr-16

The Supreme Court of New South Wales has dismissed WIN Corporation’s application for an injunction to stop Nine Entertainment Company from streaming its metropolitan TV channels into regional markets. Justice David Hammerschlag has ruled that live streaming does not constitute broadcasting under the parties’ affiliation agreement. WIN CEO Andrew Lancaster says the judgment demonstrates the need to scrap the "reach rule". The ruling may affect other regional broadcasters in negotiating new affiliation agreements.

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NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, PRIME MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX PRT, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, BIRKETU PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS

Traders kiss goodbye to Aussie’s high hopes

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Original article by Stephen Cauchi
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 29 : 29-Apr-16

The Australian dollar has retreated from recent highs after the latest inflation data showed that the CPI fell by 0.2 per cent in the March 2016 quarter. Currency traders now do not expect the currency to test the $US0.80 level in the near-term, while the inflation data has also heightened expectations of further monetary policy easing. However, currency strategists are divided about the outlook for the dollar, with year-end forecasts ranging from $A0.70 to $A0.78.

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RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBC, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, HSBC AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS PTY LTD, MARKET ECONOMICS PTY LTD, CAPITAL ECONOMICS LIMITED, THINKFOREX

Has terrorism affected Australian tourism to Bali?

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 28-Apr-16

Roy Morgan Research’s Holiday Tracker shows that in September 2002, some 147,000 Australians aged 14+ were planning to take their next holiday in Bali. This fell to just 42,000 in October 2002, following the first of the Bali bombings. By November 2002, the number of Australians intending to take their next holiday in Bali had bottomed out at 14,000. It was not until April 2004 that intention returned to pre-bombing levels (148,000). Meanwhile, 87,000 people were intending to take their next holiday in Bali in September 2005, which dropped to 70,000 in October following the second Bali bombing. Just 4,000 people intended to holiday in Bali in January 2006, but this had rebounded to 81,000 by March 2006.

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Young and old Aussies go crackers for biscuits

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 28-Apr-16

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 42.4 per cent of Australians aged 14+ reported eating at least one sweet biscuit in an average seven days in 2015, compared with 46.3 per cent in 2011. Consumption of savoury biscuits/crackers was relatively stable at 32.4 per cent (down from 33.1 per cent in 2011). The survey also shows that 51.6 per cent of Australians aged 65+ eat sweet biscuits in an average seven days, ahead of under-18s (46.5 per cent). In contrast, 36.3 per cent of under-18s and 36.2 per cent of over-65s eat savoury biscuits in an average seven days.

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