PM’s ‘name and shame’ jobs ploy - The Fin; Use taxes to rescue manufacturing, PM told - The Aus; Revolutionary who gave technology the personal touch - The Aus; Fraud claim against Indian tycoon doubles - The Aus; JORC takes issue with ASX disclosure revamp - The West
PM’s ‘name and shame’ jobs ploy
The federal government will attempt to boost Australian jobs by making it more difficult for miners to win tariff concessions to use imported manufactured products on large resource projects. The Fin
Use taxes to rescue manufacturing, PM told
Andrew Liveris has warned Labor its planned carbon and mining taxes should be set aside to promote new hi-tech manufacturing. The Aus
Revolutionary who gave technology the personal touch
STEVE Jobs revolutionised the way people use and think about computers and he transformed California's Silicon Valley. The Aus
Fraud claim against Indian tycoon doubles
Receivers for Pankaj Oswal's Burrup Fertilisers have uncovered another $113 million he had allegedly siphoned out of the company. The Aus
JORC takes issue with ASX disclosure revamp
Proposed disclosure changes for Australian mining and resources companies have been repudiated by one of the nation’s most influential regulatory groups, the Joint Ore Reserves Committee. The West
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN
Steve Jobs, the brilliant, mercurial co-founder of Apple, revolutionised modern culture and transformed everyday technology with simple, elegantly designed devices.
Resources companies will lose lucrative tariff concessions unless they can prove local suppliers have been given every chance to compete with foreign imports, under a Julia Gillard plan to save manufacturing jobs.
An Australian businessman in charge of one of the world’s biggest companies has warned that Australia cannot afford to rely solely on the resources boom for its economic future.
Fixing labour and infrastructure problems in WA would give a boost to the entire nation’s prosperity, according to two of Australia’s most respected strategic thinkers.
European equity markets extended the relief rally on growing optimism authorities were finally set to act to contain the eurozone debt crisis centred on Greece.
Proposed disclosure changes for Australian mining and resources companies have been repudiated by one of the nation’s most influential regulatory groups, the Joint Ore Reserves Committee.
Commonwealth Bank shareholders will be asked to approve a $2.5 million long-term bonus plan for new chief executive Ian Narev.
The state government is pushing ahead with plans for a gas pipeline between Bunbury and Albany despite doubt about whether Grange Resources, the would-be magnetite miner it wants as a foundation customer, will use it.
Plans by Santos and its French partner GDF Suez to develop a floating lNG project off WA’s northern coast appear to be slipping, with the Bonaparte venture not expected to be operational until the end of 2018 at the earliest.
THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW
The federal government will attempt to boost Australian jobs by making it more difficult by making it more difficult for miners to win tariff concessions to use imported manufactured products on large resource projects.
The owners of the Fitness First chain of gyms have turned to the private equity market for a buyer of its Australian and Asian operations after the collapse of the group’s Singapore float.
The anti-money-laundering regulator, AUSTRAC, will this year triple the amount of direct supervision assessments it makes of businesses that help people move money in and out of Australia.
The head of the federal government’s new business tax reform group, born of the two-day tax forum, has flagged that changes could come as soon as the budget in May.
The services industry must do more to define a common position on government policy, declared business and union leaders after witnessing the heavy emphasis on manufacturing at Thursday’s jobs forum.
French oil majors GDF Suez and Total SA have signalled their determination to take part in northern Australia’s booming LNG industry, which is dominated by local companies and energy multinationals.
Mallesons Stephen Jaques is finalising a strategic alliance with major Chinese law firm King & Wood, marking the first substantial tie-up between an Australian legal powerhouse and a leading Asian firm.
The independent committee advising the ASX on reporting standards for listed resources companies has declared it will co-ordinate a separate review of reporting guidelines, after being overlooked by the exchange.
The Australian
Page 1: A global business leader has warned the Gillard government that revenue raised by its planned carbon and mining taxes should be set aside to promote new hi-tech manufacturing industries. Tributes pour in for Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder and former chief executive, who died after a long battle with cancer. Indian tycoon Pankaj Oswal stands accused of one of Australia's biggest corporate frauds.
Page 2: The Victorian government set to release draft industrial relations guidelines. Qantas says passengers will face flight disruptions, after the Transport Workers Union was "too late" in calling off its strike.
Page 3: A 14-year-old schoolboy has been arrested for possession of marijuana in Bali. Racing mare Black Caviar returns to racing's main menu.
World: Sarah Palin says she looks forward to campaigning for the right Republican nominee, after confirming she will not run for president.
Finance: The Australian sharemarket has experienced its biggest one-day gain in three years, adding about $40 billion.
Sport: Sacked Canterbury forward Ryan Tandy plans to appeal against his conviction for spot fixing.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Page 1: The history of computer genius Steve Jobs, who has died after a battle with cancer. Mining giants are under pressure to source more locally made goods or lose tariff concessions. Is Ryan Tandy's match-fixing so surprising, Peter Fitzsimons asks.
Page 2: Critics of metro-style trains say converting part of the network to single-deck trains would be extremely expensive for benefits that are unclear. A second man has been jailed for at least eight years for the bashing of Irishman David Keohane.
Page 3: The Museum of Contemporary Art's Elizabeth Ann Macgregor talks about the new wing, which will open in March. The latest Bureau of Statistics annual measure of the quality of our lives shows things are getting better across a range of fronts.
World: Steve Jobs, the man that gave us the future, dies.
Finance: The sharemarket adds $42 billion in its best session in nearly three years.
Sport: Former Canterbury player Ryan Tandy found guilty of attempting to manipulate the first scoring play of a game in August last year.
The Daily Telegraph
Page 1: A NSW schoolboy, 14, is facing up to six years in a Bali jail after being arrested for allegedly possessing marijuana while on holiday. Steve Jobs, the Apple boss, has died after a battle with cancer.
Page 2: Schoolboy faces jail in Bali, spill from page 1.
Page 3: Premier Barry O'Farrell to reverse decision made by Premier Bob Carr in 1996, and will allow Governor Marie Bashir to take up residence in Government House. Sun filtered through glass could be putting you at risk of skin cancer, a new study has found.
World: Sarah Palin has confirmed she will not be running for president in 2012.
Finance: Buyers plunged back into the share market, triggering its biggest gain in almost three years.
Sport: Bulldogs prop Ryan Tandy will be banned for life from the NRL.
The Age
Page 1: One of Melbourne's largest hospitals is preparing to cut its surgery capacity dramatically, with the closure of 32 beds, because of a lack of state funding. Steve Jobs was a visionary who changed our world. An Australian schoolboy arrested in Bali on drugs charges is deeply traumatised and faces doing time in Kerobokan prison, home of Schapelle Corby, members of the Bali nine heroin ring and a child rapist.
Page 3: Pharmacy owners have axed a deal to market dietary supplements with prescription medicines, saying it had caused a lot of public concern that was damaging the reputation of pharmacists.
World: NATO defence ministers were debating overnight whether to end the air war in Libya amid concerns over the mounting cost of the campaign and the vagueness of the alliance's war aims.
Finance: Australian shares gained about $45 billion yesterday as the market took its biggest leap in almost three years on renewed optimism that a solution is near for the eurozone debt crisis.
Sport: Collingwood and Richmond have all but agreed to trades with Greater Western Sydney that will see Irishman Marty Clarke return to the Magpies after a two-year absence, while the Tigers will acquire Steve Morris, the son of ex-Tiger premiership player Kevin Morris.
The Herald Sun
Page 1: An Australian schoolboy faces more than six years in an Indonesian prison after being arrested for possessing marijuana while on holidays with his parents.
Page 3: Three bouncers charged over the death of a Crown patron are still employed by the casino.
Page 5: At least one of the alleged key players in a global people-smuggling operation was made an Aussie after slipping into the country illegally a decade ago.
World: A heavily drugged Michael Jackson said he loved children and felt their pain because "I didn't have a childhood", adding "I hurt" in a harrowing recording played in court.
Finance: Australia's share market has gained $45 billion in the biggest one-day rally in almost three years, surging 3.65 per cent to climb back above the 4000-point mark.
Sport: Mick Malthouse is free to coach again in the AFL in 2013 - if he wants to.
