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Mac Bank bonanza from sale of airport

19 August 2009

MACQUARIE GROUP is poised to book $250 million in revenue on the sale of its management rights of Macquarie Airports, with about half that amount likely to go directly to Macquarie Group staff... read full story

MacBank in $250m airport gain

19 August 2009

MACQUARIE Group is poised to book $250 million in revenue on the sale of its management rights of Macquarie Airports, with about half that amount likely to go directly to Macquarie Group staff... read full story

THE AGE READERS' POLL

1 June 2009

FRIDAY'S POLL.. read full story

Gap Set To Widen As Gps Raise Fees

21 October 2008

THE average cost of doctors' appointments is set to rise by at least $2 but Medicare rebates will not keep pace with the increase, further widening the gap paid by patients... read full story

The Life And Times Of Mr And Ms Average

6 July 2008

MEN in their 20s are more likely than women to take home bigger wages and be better educated... read full story

Our Battling Politicians

17 June 2008

AVERAGE wage earners and pensioners will hardly feel their hearts break for Swansea MP Robert Coombes, who told this newspaper that NSW parliamentarians were finding it "nearly impossible to feed and house" themselves with the allowance of more than $200 a day they receive for the time they spend in Sydney. As a backbencher the former union boss earns a salary of about $126,000 plus allowances, and it was in defence of hefty increases to the allowances that Mr Coombes made his remarks... read full story

Players Receive Wage Boost

9 May 2008

A FIVE-YEAR collective bargaining agreement that could lift average A-League player payments to $125,000 a year by 2010-11 has been hailed as "ground-breaking" by Football Federation Australia boss Ben Buckley and players' union chief Brendan Schwab... read full story

If You've Got The Money, Honey, I've Got The Time

19 April 2008

THE average wage in Australia for a full-time working adult is $64,844 a year at last count. That's $1247 a week, about $31 an hour, or 52? a minute... read full story

Put A Money Value On Time, And The Cost Of A Can Of Beer Looks Academic

19 April 2008

The average wage in Australia for a full-time working adult was $64,844 a year, at last count. That is $1247 a week, about $31 an hour or 52c a minute... read full story