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S&P AFFIRMS AAA RATING FOR NEW SOUTH WALES.

AsiaPulse News, November, 2004

SYDNEY, Nov 3 Asia Pulse - Standard & Poor's said today it has affirmed its AAA/A1-plus local and foreign currency ratings on Australia's State of New South Wales.

The outlook remains stable.

The AAA and A1-plus ratings are the highest ratings assigned by Standard & Poor's.

Underpinning New South Wales AAA rating is its strong balance sheet and the strength of general government finances. Increasing borrowings by the states trading enterprise to fund infrastructure partially weaken these strengths.

"Combined net financial liabilities of the state and its trading enterprises is quite low," Standard & Poors credit analyst Rick Shepherd said.

"The ratio of these liabilities to revenue was 59 per cent at June 30, 2004, compared with...

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