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Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... shut up?" Then Opposition leader, now Australia's 28th Prime Minister (let's dispense with the "elect", shall we?) Tony Abbott was portrayed as an arrogant aggressor when he blurted out these words on 21 August during his leadership debate with then ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
It's a wonderful set of numbers. Well...errr, it depends.A It depends whether you're an Abbott supporter or anti-Rudd crusader.A Whoops!A That means the same thing. Nah! That's not a Freudian slip.A I'm still deciding whether to go with the Australian ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... the 26th straight month in August - points to still subdued overall economic growth in the third quarter.A That is unless Abbott or Rudd produced a miraculous confidence boost. Else, low interest rates and further cuts would work on the economy just ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to hit Australia's charities

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... income stream for Australian charities. They rely on franking credits for tax relief for the work they do, yet we see Mr Abbott either not understand the impact of their own policy, or deliberately abolishing the franking credits for Australia's charities ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to cost retirees $1.6 billion in hidden tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... blue-chip shares and receiving $34,000 in dividends will be hit with more than $1,000 a year in extra tax thanks to Mr Abbott's double tax hike," he said.

Who do you trust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013

Abbott to announce levy details next week

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
Opposition leader Tony Abbott admits proposed business tax cuts for some companies will be offset by the coalition's paid parental leave levy. But Abbott says most will still be better off. Abbott has confirmed a coalition government will cut the company ...

Let the baby kissing pictures begin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... this. But it's just a plan people -- a policy action that could only see the light of day if, or when, KRudd beats Tony Abbott at the coming elections (whenever that may be). I wonder what else K Rudd has up his sleeves? And this is the point, until ...

Super industry leaders weigh up Rudd's new cabinet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... Treasury was contacted for clarification, but had not returned calls at time of writing. Neither Mathias Cormann's or Tony Abbott's office responded to inquiries as to whether a Coalition government would return the financial services and superannuation ...