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China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... vast opportunities for Australia's 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 ...

Breathing space or gasping room?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... more of Tsipras, Tsipras would have to give in more, the Greeks would "unfriend" him. "Plus ASa change"... change prime ministers.

Japan did it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
How many Prime Ministers does it take to fix the Japanese economy? Sixteen... and is still counting. That's the number of times Japan has changed its leader since 1990 when the economy did a Humpty Dumpty. Twenty four years on and all 16 kings - and ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Yesterday we found out that financial markets' worry about the Fed was too much ado about "considerable time". Any moment now, we'll get to know how the land of "Braveheart" and scotch on the rocks - Scotland - voted with regards to their divorce with ...

Brumbie: Misguided attacks on SMSFs, enough already

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... worse and will most likely take a century to resolve itself. Second was John Howard who, while one of the best prime ministers Australia has produced with his four election wins, was nevertheless too loyal to his presidential comrade-in-arms. And third ...

Vale Gwen Fletcher

JULIE BENNETT  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... then went on to work for Liberal Federal Member of Parliament, John Howse, rubbing shoulders with Ministers and Prime Ministers. She went on to enter the world of financial planning at an age when many are contemplating retirement. Gwen's biography ...

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
"Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue." - Billy Joel, Honesty "There won't be a GST under the government I lead" promised Johnny Howard before being elected prime minister of Australia. "There won't be a carbon tax in a government I ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... 2010 -- from 7.5 billion in the previous month. There's also one in Japan. It could have another one of those prime ministers as support for the current one - PM Noda (the 6th in five years) -- declined because of his plan to double the consumption tax ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
The Australian share market has received strongly negative leads from key indices overnight, although commodities markets were stronger, with precious metals, copper and oil all rising. At 0730 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share ...

Sub-prime not such a CAD after all

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... that other asset sales may help us fight inflation then we better lock down what's left in the closet that former Prime Ministers Keating and Howard didn't flog off. While the MLC report is upbeat about how our economy and stock markets could still out-perform ...