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FEATURE: Re-imagining Australia's financial future

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... financial crisis, another investigation is more than necessary. In November 2013 a joint release between Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey introduced us to the government's wide-ranging plans. The release said the Murray inquiry was ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... thing". Sowee, but at this point I can't help but recall what our very own then Opposition leader and now Prime Minister Tony Abbott said about the spoken word back in May 2010. "I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes ...

Cormann to take over Sinodinos' duties

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... Arthur Sinodinos' portfolio will now fall under the Ministry of Finance, headed by Mathias Cormann. Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed yesterday during a parliamentary session that the financial services industry will be Cormann's responsibility. The ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... the best interest of the integrity of the system if Senator Sinodinos would step aside" and called on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to ask him to step down. Counsel assisting the ICAC inquiry Geoffrey Watson told the Commission yesterday, that as a board ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... the best interest of the integrity of the system if Senator Sinodinos would step aside" and called on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to ask him to step down. However, Prime Minister Abbott reaffirmed his confidence in the Senator and said in parliament that ...

Advisers have to act in client's best interests: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has echoed claims that regardless of what the government does to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation that financial advisers will still have undefined best interests obligations. Speaking at Parliament House ...

Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... the best interest of the integrity of the system if Senator Sinodinos would step aside" and called on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to ask him to step down. According to counsel assisting the ICAC inquiry Geoffrey Watson, Sinodinos was given a 5% stake ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... 11 cents at $13.75 and Woodside 23 cents higher at $38.18. Qantas was down 1.25 cents at $1.1525 as Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Qantas would face national interest tests even if the laws relating to majority Australian ownership were repealed.

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... Telstra and Ford, among others, gave the negativity in the latest jobs numbers an extra kick. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey must be wishing they "could blame it on the sunshine, blame it on the moonlight... blame it on ...

Sinodinos defends "speedy" FoFA legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... there as quickly as possible, and get on with it." "My remit from the Treasurer Joe Hockey and the Prime Minister Tony Abbott is that we get on with our election commitments," he said. This week, as part of its move to wind back the former government's ...