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Citi appoints government affairs head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... Financial Services Council. He has also been a government relations manager at PwC, a senior adviser at the Office of Kevin Rudd, a Treasury economist and principal policy analyst at Treasury and Finance Tasmania. Bond's appointment follows the news ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... Partnership (TPP) as promised... all within a week in office. He's a businessman and not a politician after all. Think Kevin Rudd, think Julia Gillard, think Tony Abbot, think Malcolm Turnbull - pick one who hasn't gone back on campaign pledges. The ...

PROFILE: Industry Super Australia chief economist Stephen Anthony

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... downturn. [All] that work actually became the three Ts approach - temporary, targeted and timely - that underpinned Kevin Rudd's response during the Global Financial Crisis. I was very proud of that work," Anthony says. He then moved to the department ...

PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... Darren Snyder discovers what really drives industry veteran and Mercer senior partner David Knox. In the same year Kevin Rudd began his first term as Prime Minister, David Knox wrote a paper in conjunction with the Committee for Economic Development ...

When Japan is blah, the Eurozone is ugh and China is wow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... panellist was James Bond, chief economist at the Financial Services Council and previously a senior economic advisor to Kevin Rudd. After the first 30 minutes of the forum was spent on global economies, Bond focused on the Australian economy. He presented ...

Shorten gives Ripoll shadow superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... Financial Services and Superannuation. The appointment sees the portfolio returned to a shadow ministerial level after Kevin Rudd put it under the umbrella of Treasury. This is Ripoll's first frontbench position after 15 years as a member of the House ...

Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... arrogant aggressor when he blurted out these words on 21 August during his leadership debate with then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Well Tony finally shut him up...but not before Kevin delivered his final blubber. In his concession ramble on Saturday night ...

Rudd promises to expand Super Clearing House

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said he will extend the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House service to businesses with fewer than 100 employees if he is re-elected. Currently the service is only open to businesses with 19 or fewer employees. ...

Australia, a middle power between China and US

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... economy that increasingly gravitates towards Asia. As an anecdote, Pollack explained that Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks "extraordinary" Chinese, an ability that "gives him a degree of entrA(C)e into China that most world leaders don't have. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... employment figures for July on Thursday would be key events for the market during the week. Mr Daghlian said Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement on Sunday that a federal election would be held on September 7 was unlikely to influence the market. ...