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Tony, SBY and Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... turning out just as I feared at the start of this week - dull and boring. What's in a word? Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to say "sorry" (ala Johnnie Howard) only "regret (for) any embarrassment that recent media reports have caused him ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... thing to do. It violates every single decent and legal instrument that I can think of." Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's retort's sensible: "All governments gather information... and all governments know that every other government gathers information" ...

Industry leaders urge Abbott to keep super rebate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... with the opening of Parliament today, the 44th in Australia's history. As part of its plans to repeal the mining tax, Tony Abbott and his government recently announced it would scrap the rebate, which is tied up in the same legislation and worth up to ...

BAC chair to speak at CEDA annual dinner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). Dr Maurice Newman was appointed chair of the Business Advisory Council by Tony Abbott in September, but his speech at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney will be his first in this new role. Newman is the former ...

Sinodinos aims at "fixing the messes" inherited from Labor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... Australia to have a level playing field between types of super funds. His comments prompted a reaction from Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who made clear that there will be "no adverse changes to superannuation under an incoming Coalition government."

Abbott sticks to his promise on SMSF regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has made clear that he isn't planning to make changes to the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector even after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) red flagged DIY investors' property exposure. "What we said was that there would ...

No bubble fears in commercial property for SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... allowing geared investments through SMSFs could be contributing to a bubble forming in the sector. Today Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a strong housing market was "a good thing" and signaled faith in the RBA to head off over-heating with interest rate ...

Super likely to fall under Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... industry, which would lose its own portfolio and fall gain under Treasury. The decision is part of what Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called a "title deflation" and a move away from the Labor initiative to give superannuation and financial services ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... back of positive economic news out of the US, China and Japan. Resources stocks were posting the largest gains, with Tony Abbott's election victory and the coalition's pledge to repeal the mining tax also expected to boost the sector. Japanese shares ...

Industry backs Cormann as Superannuation Minister

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... appointed Minister of Superannuation and Financial Services in the new Government. "I've only ever asked one thing of Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey: that they leave Mathias Cormann in place where he is. He's done a fantastic job and understands all the ...