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Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... is redeploy our savings and redeploy government expenditure into areas of growth in the economy". That's the Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey in black and white. And it gets better, better, better. Commodity prices are picking up - iron ore's up 1.2%, oil's ...

China slowdown will hit Australia

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... risks remained for East Asia Pacific region "both in the short and long run". The gloomy prediction comes as federal Treasurer Joe Hockey forecast the iron ore price dropping to $35 a tonne, which could see commonwealth revenue fall by $25 billion over ...

Australia and Switzerland agree tax crackdown

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey and Swiss Ambassador Marcel Stutz have agreed to increase cooperation to tackle tax evasion. Under the agreement, the Australian Taxation Office will automatically receive details of financial accounts such as investment ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... year budget cycles. Like many Eastern and Western nations, we are ageing. It is now 13 years since the then Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, warned that "demography is destiny" when he released the 2002 Intergenerational Report (IGR). As we prepare ...

Future Fund posts 13.9 pct return

STAFF WRITER WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... 3.5% the Future Fund delivered more than twice that with a return of 7.2% pa. Future Fund chairman and former federal treasurer, Peter Costello, said the investment climate in the early days of the fund was challenging and returns were below target. ...

When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... that is. We'll get a brand new spanking budget in about two months time but the wink, wink, nudge, nudge from Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey is that the government would be having a go at saving too. He told us that, "the age of entitlement is over", remember? ...

Costello named Future Fund chair

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... chairman since the departure of David Gonski last month. Before that he was also Australia's longest serving federal Treasurer from 1996 to 2007 and established the Future Fund in 2006. In a joint media release Treasurer Joe Hockey and Minister for Finance ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... the company to take up a position at Coca-Cola Amatil. The grain handler's shares fell sharply on Friday after federal Treasurer Joe Hockey blocked a proposed foreign takeover of the company. Metcash shares were 15 cents, or five per cent higher, at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... $5.72 and BHP Billiton was 21 cents stronger at $37.40. GrainCorp shares were not trading at open, following federal treasurer Joe Hockey's announcement the government would not allow US giant Archer Daniels Midland's proposed 100 per cent takeover of ...

ISA appoints former cabinet minister to advisory role

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... Financial Systems Inquiry. The terms of the so-called 'Son of Wallis' Inquiry are expected to be announced by the Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey MP by the end of this year. ISA said Combet will work part-time with Industry SuperFunds and their stakeholders ...