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"The average company tax rate across the OECD is 24 percent and falling. The average across Asia is 21 percent.
"This global action should be a wake-up call for the Senate that Australia cannot afford to stand still, since every company tax reduction overseas is a de facto tax increase on Australia."
Westacott's comments have increased pressure on Treasurer Scott Morrison to secure a business tax cut.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has proposed a 10-year tax reduction but those changes have stalled in the Senate where the government does not hold a majority.
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MACAO, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- The tourism office of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Thursday published the final version of the blueprint for tourism development in the next 15 years, consisting of key objectives, strategies and action plans for short and long term implementation.
Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes told a press conference that the Belt and Road Initiative and Macao's vision to build itself into a world tourism and leisure center have opened up a new horizon of possibilities for the tourism industry in the SAR.
In 2015 Black Quincy Wilson Jersey , MGTO began studying and formulating a Macao Tourism Industry Development Master Plan to make systematic plans on building and managing the tourism economy. In the preparatory process, the office has conducted a range of studies such as international forums, questionnaire surveys, site visits, interviews and benchmark analyses.
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Following the release of the master plan, the SAR government will establish a cross-departmental coordination group, led by the secretary for social affairs and culture who will lead collaboration across departments and oversee the implementation progress of the action plans.
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BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has announced it will invest 150 million U.S. dollars in the International Finance Corporation (IFC)'s Emerging Asia Fund to address the infrastructure gap in Asia.
The bank will become one of the fund's biggest investors, according to a statement.
The IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, offers investment and advisory services to help private sector growth and poverty reduction in developing countries.
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Pandian said the bank will continue to work with other international financial institutions to help the region's development.
The AIIB also approved loans of 100 million U.S. dollars for an electricity transmission project in India, which will build five lines to optimize the electricity system, improve the generation mix Tarell Basham Jersey , and better utilize renewable energy resources.
The project will be co-financed by the Asian Development Bank.
Since launching in 2016, the AIIB has approved 3.59 billion U.S. dollars for 21 infrastructure projects in 11 countries, with 16 co-financed with other lenders.