Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 111 - 120 of 276 results for "House of Representatives"

Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... appreciate by 0.6%. Blame it on Jerome Powell and what he told the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives in his first testimony as head honcho of the US Federal Reserve. In a prepared text chairman Powell painted a pretty picture ...

Salt reveals retirement hotspots

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... the sale of their home to superannuation, passed the Senate yesterday, and have been returned to the House of Representatives for a single amendment proposed by Senator Leyonhjelm to be either accepted or rejected. The initiative is estimated to have ...

Capex brings cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... with cheap funding. I can't make it drink." This was then RBA governor Glenn Stevens' statement to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in his August 2014 testimony. His frustration was understandable for after taking the official ...

YBR founder to lead government taskforce

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... managing director Gerd Schenkel, Assistant Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Craig Laundy and House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics chair David Coleman will also join the group. "Evidence shows that when a small business ...

BEAR should apply to insurance bosses: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... not just be isolated to banking executives. Last week, the Turnbull Government referred its Bill to the House of Representatives. Introducing the legislation would "enact landmark financial services reform", Treasurer Scott Morrison said, adding it would ...

BEAR closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... one step closer to being legislated with the Turnbull Government yesterday referring its Bill to the House of Representatives. Incorporating the Treasury Laws Amendment (Banking Executive Accountability and Related Measures) Bill 2017 to the Banking ...

Xenophon team introduce unpaid super Bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... Mayo, South Australia and a member of the Nick Xenophon Team, introduced the Private Member's Bill to the House of Representatives today. Sharkie said it aims to address the shortcomings of the current superannuation system that's resulted in billions ...

Labor unyielding on banking Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... and executive compensation after a Labor and Greens-backed proposed bill fell short of one vote in the House of Representatives. "I am not proposing another full blown inquiry into the operation of our financial system - this was done recently - but ...

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... a Green's Bill to establish a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry fell short by a single vote in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Bill, which successfully passed the Senate with the backing of Labor, One Nation, the Nick Xenophon Team, and ...

Major banks receive Budget shakeup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... complete regular inquiries into specific financial system competition issues - a recommendation of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics' Review of the Four Major Banks. These measures are in addition to the $4.2 million allocated ...