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Chief economist update: Australia burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... housing, as Scott Morrison pledges to commit "everything that is needed and more" to the bushfire recovery. "The Prime Minister and Josh Frydenberg will launch the government's national bushfire recovery agency on Monday, to be led by former Australian ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... Kingdom's divorce from the European Union has become less uncertain following the Conservative Party's, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, thumping victory at the December 12 general elections. The Conservatives won 365 seats -- majority of ...

AMP welcomes former PwC partner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... time on his advisory work, including a follow up to the Indian Economic Strategy report which he submitted to the prime minister in 2018. The board thanks him for his contribution and wishes him well for the future," Murray said.

Chief economist update: Brexit la la la

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... (December 13 in Australia) and from there, hopefully, the UK could Brexit once and for all on the 20 January 2020. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes that the elections would increase his party's majority, paving the way for Brexit to be done ...

Former Prime Minister joins global investment firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
Julia Gillard has been appointed to the global leadership council of LeapFrog Investments to provide strategic insight and global networks. Together with Singtel chair Simon Israel and chief executive of Ayala Corporation Jamie Augusto Zobel, Gillard ...

Defined benefits robbed women: Kelty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... were particularly disadvantageous to women, but that the industry-led super scheme he was a part of creating with Prime Minister Paul Keating was supposed to redress much of that imbalance. "Industry after industry ripped the money out of people's ...

Chief economist update: When monetary and fiscal policies don't meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... to eye with the conduct of government and monetary policies, there is no meeting of the minds between Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (and his Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg) and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe. A report by ...

Retirement income under review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... competitiveness of the super system earlier this year, which called for a review of the retirement income system. In July, Prime Minister Scott Morrison maintained the retirement income review would not be bound by the government and would be open to ...

Chief economist update: Morrison, Frydenberg cannot have their surplus and eat it too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... curb loans" - uttered by Australian Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (September 26). In a sentence, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Treasurer Josh Frydenberg are willing Australian banks to lend, lend and lend. Never mind, the dynamic ...

Members' interests bill sits on the precipice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... Kelly, Andrew Hastie, Barnaby Joyce and Jason Falinski. "We are now seeing members of the coalition, including the Prime Minister and Treasurer, prevaricating on whether the scheduled increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12% will go ahead. "They ...