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Spend, spend, spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... ore prices are again beginning to stir - up 21% from this year's low of US$112 a tonne hit on the 31st of May. Add in the Abbott government's expected abolition of the minerals resource rent tax and we get good motivation to shop for local miners. However ...

Obama says no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013

Sinodinos aims at "fixing the messes" inherited from Labor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... Australia to have a level playing field between types of super funds. His comments prompted a reaction from Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who made clear that there will be "no adverse changes to superannuation under an incoming Coalition government."

Abbott sticks to his promise on SMSF regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has made clear that he isn't planning to make changes to the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector even after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) red flagged DIY investors' property exposure. "What we said was that there would ...

No bubble fears in commercial property for SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... allowing geared investments through SMSFs could be contributing to a bubble forming in the sector. Today Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a strong housing market was "a good thing" and signaled faith in the RBA to head off over-heating with interest rate ...

Super likely to fall under Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... industry, which would lose its own portfolio and fall gain under Treasury. The decision is part of what Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called a "title deflation" and a move away from the Labor initiative to give superannuation and financial services ...

Hockey to head Treasury and Cormann Finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... back of positive economic news out of the US, China and Japan. Resources stocks were posting the largest gains, with Tony Abbott's election victory and the coalition's pledge to repeal the mining tax also expected to boost the sector. Japanese shares ...

Industry backs Cormann as Superannuation Minister

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... appointed Minister of Superannuation and Financial Services in the new Government. "I've only ever asked one thing of Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey: that they leave Mathias Cormann in place where he is. He's done a fantastic job and understands all the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... back of positive economic news out of the US, China and Japan. Resources stocks were posting the largest gains, with Tony Abbott's election victory and the coalition's pledge to repeal the mining tax also expected to boost the sector. Japanese shares ...