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Obama punts on US$300bn jobs package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... for relative population size, president Obama's US$300 billion jobs package would be equivalent to prime minister Julia Gillard announcing a program worth $20 billion. That's half the value of the entire NBN, half the value of our age pension entitlement ...

IMF just as baffled as we are

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... slow faster than expected, the Commonwealth Treasury will get to work revising down its tax receipt forecasts and the Gillard government better not be planning a pork barrel lead political recovery. If it's jobs then get ready for more debt to stimulate ...

PM Gillard: super to support economic stability

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard spoke of the importance of Australia's super industry as an "anchor" for the economy and the changes ahead in an address to over 600 wealth management professionals in Sydney this morning. In a 30-minute speech discussing ...

Bonds, where the real money is

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... sheets. Against this intrigue, the $240 billion owed by Australian governments is child's play notwithstanding the issue the Gillard government and state premiers have to watch is crowding out. This is where new debt issued by US, European and Japanese ...

Politicians spar over future of superannuation guarantee

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... House that the Coalition "strongly supports superannuation". "If you really support superannuation... Do you support the Gillard Government's plans to lift the universal superannuation guarantee from 9% to 12%?" he asked. But Shadow Minister for Financial ...

Investment cloud clears with Govt draft proposal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011
... industry, which stood at around $1.8 trillion at the end of March 2011." "The draft legislation is a further step in the Gillard Government's commitment to position Australia as a leading financial services centre," Shorten said. Uncertainty around regulations ...

In defence of superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... still don't have enough in their retirement incomes to allow much more than a bit of super and the aged pension. "And the Gillard Government wants to change that. That's why we're pushing from 9 to 12 per cent." Fuelling discontent is how superannuation's ...

Carbon blast from the GST past

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... Yes, I know. It was very conspicuous -- the absence of even a single line of commentary on this space over Prime Minister Gillard's Sunday announcement of the carbon tax nitty-gritties. I didn't want to jump the gun or add my still confused thoughts ...

Govt $41m finance centre launches new projects

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... developments and regulatory responses. "The creation of the Centre for International Finance and Regulation is a key part of the Gillard Government's work to promote Australia as a financial services centre," said Shorten. Alex Frino, chief executive ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... mark-up on their goods is a whopping 65% -- and that's just the average. And then there's policy uncertainty -where the Gillard government announces it will flip and then does a flop. Likewise, higher interest rates maybe off the RBA's agenda for now ...