16.08.2012 - Labor sets sights on Future Fund to save surplus
New accounting rules might allow the federal government to shift more than $400 million of Future Fund costs, giving Prime Minister Julia Gillard renewed hopes of securing a budget surplus. The Department of Finance has reportedly advised the government that there is “a strong conceptual basis for excluding the Future Fund's net earnings rather than gross earnings from the calculation of the underlying cash balance.”...............................................Full Article: Source
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