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CBA needs to"lift its game": Treasurer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... government has not yet made its position public regarding the request for a Royal Commission. Last Friday, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the government needs to "carefully consider" the Committee's 500-page report. "We do obviously have an inquiry ...

Government plays down support for royal commission

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... Committee's recommendation that there be a royal commission into Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the government would "carefully consider" the parliamentary committee report. However he remained non-committal over ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... say on retirement incomes policy further down the track." "[Superannuation] is on my mind, it's on [Prime Minister] Tony Abbott's mind. We're thinking about how we're going to make retirement incomes policy sustainable," Hockey said. As the superannuation ...

IFM bets $1bn on US shale gas revolution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... environmentalists. The announcement comes after IFM Investors chief executive Brett Himbury joined Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb on their business delegation to the US and Canada. Himbury said he was "immensely ...

Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... year's NSW state election. Announcement of the internal party agreement coincides with the conclusion of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's latest international trip that included a visit to Canada where one of his objectives was wooing Canadian pension funds ...

Abbott eyes Canadian pension money

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has encouraged Canadian pension funds to invest in Australian infrastructure. Speaking alongside Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Ottawa, Abbott said he wanted to see more Canadian investment in Australia. "I know ...

FEATURE: Bulldozing the infrastructure roadblocks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
In May, Prime Minister Tony Abbott made good on his promise to be an 'infrastructure prime minister', dedicating billions of dollars to infrastructure development in the budget. But is this enough to get the bulldozers bulldozing? James Fernyhough takes ...

Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... Hockey has hinted the government could change the age at which people could access their super, but Prime Minister Tony Abbott quickly moved to rule out making changes any time soon. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) believes ...

Treasurer signals major superannuation shake up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... superannuation tax subsidies operate reinforce how in changing the age pension entitlement rules and its indexing arrangements the Abbott government is attempting to reboot how superannuation and the age pension interacts with a view to promoting a culture ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten