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Budget reply: National clearing house, halve the OS withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... night largely ignored superannuation and investment, but the make-believe Budget Reply announced by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd last night had us front and centre. In a speech that started shakily but quickly gathered a frenetic pace as the clock ran ...

Starved infrastructure will bite into growth

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, played the political magician last night by pulling some surprising economic and political rabbits out of the hat, but there's still no talk of feeding our starved infrastructure any time soon. If anyone was wondering ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2007
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd has criticised the Federal Government's record on productivity citing a report by the OECD which says that Australia's spending on higher education has fallen by 7 per cent over the last decade while there was an increase ...

ALP finally agrees to back Budget super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
... their nest egg and plan for their retirement. The government welcomes Labor's support for the plan," said Dutton. With Kevin Rudd only taking the ALP leadership mantle this week, he is probably reluctant to allow himself to be manipulated into a debate ...

Labor unveils plan to export financial services

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
Kevin Rudd, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and International Security, won a lot of votes from a hardened crowd at yesterday's annual Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) conference by unveiling a plan to rebuild Australia's ...

ASIC confirms meeting with Swiss over Rivkin, Kennedy

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
The Australian government has formally requested help from Swiss authorities over its investigations into Rene Rivkin and Trevor Kennedy. The two countries had discussed the businessmen since allegations against them were aired last year but last week ...