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Future Fund not for sale: Wong

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... allegations that it was planning to withdraw funds from the Future Fund, clarifying its actions and criticising the Liberal party's lack of understanding. The Government's predicted revenue from the sale of non-financial assets sparked interest after ...

Former Liberal leader named Equiti Capital chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
... and Opposition leader, Dr John Hewson AM, as its new chair. Opposition leader from April 1990 to May 1994 for the Liberal party, Hewson was formerly an economist for the Australian Treasury (Census and Statistics), the Reserve Bank of Australia, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... over whether the package would pass the House of Representatives, where both conservative "Tea Party" Republicans and liberal Democrats expressed opposition to it. Meanwhile, a closely-watched report on US manufacturing added to concerns about the weakness ...

Bank of Melbourne relaunches with plans for 90 new branches

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... Shorten attending the ceremony at the Richmond branch in Melbourne alongside Victorian Treasurer Kim Wells, from the Liberal party. Elizabeth Proust, chair of the new Bank of Melbourne board was also present to help the celebrations.

Trade union boss pushes for SG raise

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... to raise Superannuation Guarantee (SG) to 12% and urged delegates to support the measures and demand the same from the Liberal Opposition party. "It is the Opposition that stands in the way. The proposed mining tax will fund the increase in the SG. We ...

Pollies clash over SG

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... "belligerent". Speaking at a union's investment forum in Sydney on June 17, Shorten told attendees that within the Liberal party's opposition to the increase, some Liberal MP's were actually in favour of the move, reported AAP. "I think there's a schism ...

Russell heads back to Canberra

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... Russell is replacing Howard government appointee Mark Paterson AO who is heading back to Sydney to work with the new Liberal Party NSW state government. At the time of his appointment in 2001 Paterson was controversial as the then chief executive of ...

Nothing to fear in hung parliament

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... this happens will be in the court of the independents, who now hold the balance of power, because regardless which major party they support to form government, it is likely they will have a discretionary vote on all other legislation. Pauline Vamos ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... in 2004 following the collapse of the Australian Democrats that saw its middle class voter base return to their Liberal Party origins. The Victorian ALP's preference deal miscalculation that paved the way for the election of Senator Fielding only added ...

Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... reverse its position. John Brogden chief executive of the Investment and Financial Services Association and former NSW Liberal Party opposition leader, said, "The Coalition must reverse its position on the Superannuation Guarantee. This is a bad outcome ...