While this is the case at the federal level, all Australian state and territory governments levy payroll taxes on larger employers.

ECONOMIST: Letters

Instead, Mr Soros has advocated the creation of a European Fiscal Authority (EFA) to oversee the bailout funds and make key economic decisions for all eurozone governments to establish "a level playing field".

BBC: Soros calls for Germany to 'lead or leave euro'

Doing so would require both the establishment of national consensus among Lebanese and constructive cooperation, based on mutual goodwill and sustained dialogue, by all relevant parties and actors on the regional level, including the Governments of Syria and Iran.

UN: Security Council

Regional governments handle about 30% of all public spending (and lower-level ones another 20%).

ECONOMIST: A survey of Spain

He doesn't have to think about how 17 governments will react to the level of European fiscal integration that America, Britain and China are all now calling for - let alone the massive injections of capital into Europe's banks.

BBC: Central banks and the 'spirit of 2008'

Speaking at the Ninth High-Level Group meeting on Education for All (EFA) in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Irina Bokova called on governments and donors to redouble their efforts to protect educational gains made over the past decade that are under threat from the global economic downturn.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES