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Industry prepares for Abbott's first budget

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... herculean sales job on his hands. "He's going to have to sell the budget by making excuses for telling lies," Mr Burke told ABC radio. Read Financial Standard's coverage of the budget here.

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... not be too big a shock to the electorate. Nevertheless, Jeremy Hanson, ACT liberal party and opposition leader said on ABC Radio that the challenge is how to accommodate people in physical industries unable to stay in the workforce indefinitely. "There's ...

Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... as well." Sinodinos was not available for comment at the time of writing; but Finance Minister Mathias Cormann told ABC Radio this morning that the Senator would not be stepping down. When asked if Sinodinos should be standing down while the inquiry ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... was facing anticipated difficulties regarding future benefit liabilities. Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten told ABC Radio this week, "I do not believe that industrial relations disputes should be ever played out at the board rooms of superannuation ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inept

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... that we give a little bit to low income earners isn't an excuse to give a huge amount to high income earners," he told ABC Radio last week.

Untargeted tax subsidies inefficient

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... that we give a little bit to low income earners isn't an excuse to give a huge amount to high income earners," he told ABC Radio yesterday.

NSW budget to focus on creating infra deals

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... overseas projects funneled back into NSW. Ahead of the release of the 2012 state budget, NSW treasurer Mike Baird told ABC radio that "it seemed to me very strange that we had our own superannuation fund that was investing significantly in infrastructure ...

Govt overhauls aged care

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... reforms will allow for many people to be cared for in their homes. Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, told ABC Radio the Government spends about $12bn on aged care with around three million Australians aged over 65 years today and estimates ...

ACT super account takes $450m GFC hit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... rolling 12 month returns or 5% pa returns over the past five years. Andrew Barr, deputy chief minister of the ACT, said on ABC radio this morning that the fund's return target is 5% pa above inflation. But it's not just poor capital markets impacting ...

Business continues to resist 12pct SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... increase, but the business lobby is continuing to voice its opposition to what it sees as a de facto tax rise. Speaking on ABC radio last week, chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former Howard government industrial relations ...