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China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... financial services industry. It builds on strong foundations set by former Prime Ministers Whitlam, Hawke, Howard and Gillard and puts Australia ahead of the USA, Japan and most of Europe in signing an agreement with China. Make no mistake, the China ...

Mandatory qualifications will lead to adviser exodus

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... the Retail Distribution Review in the UK in 2012. "It's already happened in the UK. Everyone thought it was just a Julia Gillard and industry fund conspiracy theory, but we're just mirroring what's already happening in the world," he said. "They lost ...

Tme to get fiscal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... his cigar-smoking Treasurer Joe Hockey. Yes, Virginia. They've been telling us since they were still opposing Rudd then Gillard then Rudd how woeful Australia's economy has become and that we're getting there. Slowly, but surely, Australians all are ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... enterprises. The scorecard, released by the Australian Workplace Gender Equality Agency that was established by the previous Gillard government to monitor gender participation in the economy, revealed that across the workforce that women comprise 26% ...

Government scraps Labor's annuities reforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
... Senator Sinodinos announced on Saturday that the government would proceed with 16 of the measures announced by the Rudd, Gillard and Howard governments, and scrap 48. Superannuation measures that will proceed include one providing greater certainty in ...

Combet joins IFM Investors board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... Australia. Combet, who retired from politics at the 2013 federal election following the ousting of former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, will take up his position on the board in January 2014. Prior to his time as a member of Parliament, Combet spent ...

Obama says no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013

Macquarie loses court battle with ATO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... will strengthen the government's attempt to toughen its stance on abuses of the OBU tax regime. In May this year, the Gillard government announced it would introduce reforms aimed at curtailing abuses. Among the government's commitments were "closing ...

Onto the next worry: Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013

Election too close to call

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... in the works in what was looking very much like a one-sided election. Then the dramatic leadership spill ousting Julia Gillard from power paved the way for a dogged Kevin Rudd to build support. Ahead of the September 7 election, most polls are pitching ...