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Swan clears St George takeover

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
Westpac yesterday received the formal approval of Wayne Swan, Australia's Treasurer, for its planned takeover of St George Bank. The approval comes with some limp conditions that conform to Westpac's stated plans for the bank, including maintaining ...

LUCRF makes history

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2008
... workers' earnings and when the Storeman and Packers Union launched their campaign for employer paid super. Treasurer Wayne Swan last night said their decision to do this was so important it is akin to today's fight against climate change. Charlie Donnelly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... 5,956. In economics news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia releases minutes of its May board meeting, Treasurer Wayne Swan speaks at an AICD lunch in Melbourne, and Federal Treasury Secretary Ken Henry gives a post-budget address to the Australian ...

Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
Treasurer Wayne Swan has donned his hardhat and launched Australia on a massive $40 billion nation building program centred on three new investment funds designed to fix infrastructure, health and education while also kick starting Australia's regional ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... first budget, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its labour price index for the March quarter. Treasurer Wayne Swan delivers the traditional post-Budget address at the National Press Club in Canberra. In equities, building products and sugar ...

Health insurance lobby lessons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... are the up to two million people who've been hit by this unfair surcharge over a long period of time," said Treasurer Wayne Swan on Saturday. "I don't think that the industry can keep demanding increase after increase and not look at their own cost structures ...

AUD to fall in second half of 2008: KBC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... the second half of the year, while inflationary pressure will also ease." While this is good news for Field Marshal Wayne Swan leading his troops against the inflation invasionary hordes, the bad news is the price the country will pay to get there will ...

Silk and Vilgan join govt council

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
Treasurer Wayne Swan has boosted the superannuation industry's representation on the Financial Sector Advisory Council (FSAC) by appointing AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk and QSuper chief executive Rosemary Vilgan to the group. The group is ...

Don't strangle sovereign funds: OECD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), and the role they play in advancing domestic economic growth. In February, treasurer Wayne Swan released a set of guidelines to ensure future foreign investment projects were in line with Australia's national interest and ...

No to double SG demerits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... be hit by the charge and so they ended up paying it twice, so it sounds like a good measure," said Denham. Treasurer Wayne Swan said the ruling might raise compliance costs slightly for employers.