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Ageing population threatens welfare system: Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey questioned whether the health and welfare systems could cope with the country's ageing population and asked for a debate about the cost of the age pension. Hockey spoke during the G-20 Finance ministers meeting that took place in ...

CB onslaught

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... third. The yen's gotten back down to around A¥100 last week - the first in two months -- but only after Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso underlined the government's commitment to keep the yen low. "Japan must have tools to counter speculative moves ...

Signing of Asia Passport agreement expected

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
Treasurer Joe Hockey and finance ministers from across the Asia-Pacific region are expected to sign a trade agreement in Bali today paving the way for Asia's pension savings to be managed from Australia. The Asia Region Funds Passport, as the agreement ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... from Parliament. And then there's Greece (again).A It's reportedly gonna have to ask for a bailout (again).A Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras revealed that Greece could require another a,-10 bil from its benefactors but was adamant that it wouldn't ...

FSC denounces lost super threshold rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... transferred. In the government's pre-election Economic Statement released on Friday, Treasurer Chris Bowen and Finance Minister Penny Wong said they would increase the threshold to $4000 in 2015, and to $6000 in 2016. The Government said this would "protect ...

Designer slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... Politburo wants. "Please don't forget that our expected GDP growth rate this year is 7.0%." This was what China's Finance Minister, Lou Jiwei, told his interviewers after attending the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue last week. And for good ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... Friday, strength in the resources sector pushed shares higher, although the market lost some ground after China's finance minister lowered expectations for the country's economic growth. The S&P/ASX200 index passed 5,000 points in morning trade, as the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on US and European bourses despite the IMF downgrading its global economies' growth forecast. The International Monetary Fund trimmed its world economic growth expectations for 2013 to 3.1 ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... dropped by 5.3% on the back of renewed political instability in the country sparked by the resignation of its finance minister. This prompted speculation of more resignations by government ministers that could derail Lisbon's recovery. There's also Greece ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... new round of worries also erupted over the eurozone, as Portugal's foreign minister resigned in the wake of the finance minister, and after a report that Greece's bailout lenders, the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central ...