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Super funds are lousy at communications: Strategist

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... workers... Super to them is just another tax, "politicians taking my money"." Meanwhile, Lavish Mod Cons are moderate conservatives, big spenders, conspicuous brand consumers and love to look good. "They're proud of Australia, they're not politically ...

Chief economist update: Biden cooks Donald's duck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... blue states, but a United States...," he said. Democrats, Republicans and independents. Progressives, moderates and conservatives. Young and old. Urban, suburban and rural. Gay, straight, transgender. White. Latino. Asian. Native American. "And to those ...

Chief economist update: Brexit - the news that was

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... Brexit legislation passes Commons..." News? Brexit has become less of a news item since 12 December 2019 when the Conservatives won 365 seats -- majority of 80 seats, the largest since the 1987 polls - in the UK's 650-seat House of Commons. Assuming ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... Conservative Party's, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, thumping victory at the December 12 general elections. The Conservatives won 365 seats -- majority of 80 seats, the largest since the 1987 polls - in the country's 650-seat House of Commons. ...

Chief economist update: Santa Claus is coming to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... trade deal is only as good as Trump's changing mood and the UK polls have been oh so wrong since 2015 when the Conservatives won majority (when the polls forecast a hung parliament; in 2016 when Brexit won (contrary to the polls showing Remain will ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... May expected as a landslide win at the snap 8 June general elections turned out to be a slide at the polls for the Conservatives instead. The British prime minister intended to secure her Brexit mandate when she announced the elections on the 18th of ...

ASIC user-pay model "eminently sensible": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... should not be influenced by politics. Insider trading and accounting fraud should not be a partisan issue. "The US conservatives, obviously, want less regulation and progressives want more regulation. If you win the presidency you get to put your thumb ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... - London's stock market have rallied and the pound surged as Prime Minister David Cameron's "business-friendly" Conservatives scored a surprise victory in Britain's general election. Most other European indices also shot up on Friday as US job creation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... voters went to the polls Thursday to decide between the main rivals, Prime Minister David Cameron's centre-right Conservatives and Ed Miliband's centre-left Labour. "Judging from recent opinion polls, today's general election is likely to be the closest ...

Suggestions we don't support 12% CSG lies: Hockey

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... just more Labor lies." Minister for financial services and superannuation Bill Shorten said: "You cannot trust the conservatives with superannuation because they have never believed in it, never supported it."
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