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SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... the negotiations were Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson, Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and senior executives from BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and overseas listed miner Xstrata. Broadly speaking, the RSPT is ...

Waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... report. But before that, us here in Australia, would be glued to the Gillard-Miners RSPT battle ("negotiations" according to Julia). News is that the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has given the government until Friday to settle the ...

Raising SG must remain despite RSPT outcome: Brogden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... on the RSPT must not affect their ability to deliver superannuation increases to Australians." He said new prime minister Julia Gillard must work quickly with the mining industry to achieve a resolution on the RSPT - highlighting the need to drop the ...

First femme PM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... obituaries and the political assassination of Kevin Rudd or you have moved on to congratulate Australia's first femme PM - Julia Gillard. I won't bore you with the details. Pick up any local daily or click on a mouse and you'll read about the hows, whys ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The Australian sharemarket has firmed on news that Julia Gillard will be Australia's new prime minister. At 1207 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 27.9 points, or 0.62 per cent, at 4514, as Julia Gillard made her first statement after being ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The elevation of Julia Gillard to become Australia's first female Prime Minister, which increases the odds the government will be re-elected and possibly win back a few senate seats, makes it more likely that the government's financial services reform ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... mere mortals. But before that, we Australians have a developing uncertainty of our own. Kevin Rudd is no longer PM. Ms. Julia Gillard becomes Australia's new PM and its first femme Prime Minister. What happens to Labour's policy now -- particularly in ...

Opes Prime director faces 22 charges

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Opes Prime director Laurie Emini has been charged with 22 offences of breaching his duties, following investigations by ASIC into the company's collapse. Laurie (Lirim) Emini was charged with offences of breaching his duties as a director of Opes Prime ...

New mortgage platform to offer top commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
The heat may be on financial advisers to remove incentive payments and prove they are acting in the best interests of their clients, but for mortgage brokers untouched by these reforms it's business as usual. Licensed Finance Brokers of Australia (LFBA) ...

AMP hires planner recruitment head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
AMP Horizons Financial Planning Academy has appointed former RSP Recruitment Australia director Julia Byrne as its new head of planner recruitment. Byrne assumed the new role on 11 May and reports directly to AMP Horizons director Tim Steele as a member ...