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SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... negotiations were Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and senior executives from BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and overseas listed miner Xstrata. Broadly speaking, the RSPT is dead ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... great disappointment of the May non-farm payrolls report. But before that, us here in Australia, would be glued to the Gillard-Miners RSPT battle ("negotiations" according to Julia). News is that the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has ...

Raising SG must remain despite RSPT outcome: Brogden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... RSPT must not affect their ability to deliver superannuation increases to Australians." He said new prime minister Julia Gillard must work quickly with the mining industry to achieve a resolution on the RSPT - highlighting the need to drop the retrospective ...

First femme PM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... and the political assassination of Kevin Rudd or you have moved on to congratulate Australia's first femme PM - Julia Gillard. I won't bore you with the details. Pick up any local daily or click on a mouse and you'll read about the hows, whys, and wherefores ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The Australian sharemarket has firmed on news that Julia Gillard will be Australia's new prime minister. At 1207 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.9 points, or 0.62 per cent, at 4514, as Julia Gillard made her first statement after being ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The elevation of Julia Gillard to become Australia's first female Prime Minister, which increases the odds the government will be re-elected and possibly win back a few senate seats, makes it more likely that the government's financial services reform ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... mortals. But before that, we Australians have a developing uncertainty of our own. Kevin Rudd is no longer PM. Ms. Julia Gillard becomes Australia's new PM and its first femme Prime Minister. What happens to Labour's policy now -- particularly in relation ...

Jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... Government continue to insist that, "Houston we have a problem?" Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment Julia Gillard welcomed the latest jobs numbers but warned that, "While Australia is weathering the economic storm well, the government ...

Pockets of income in property

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... to an independent estimate, this purchase price is some 47 per cent below new replacement costs of $143 million. Steve Gillard, GDI's managing director, said that besides the attractive purchase price, the building has all the key ingredients that will ...

Best Advice close to federation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... sharing ideas on how to best expand their business and serve clients. The group includes Sydney based practices Arnheim Gillard and Guest McLeod, Perth based Gannon Growden Schonell and Keysbrook Financial Services, Brisbane based Planners Alliance including ...