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Government to invest in fintech security

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... executive Alex Scandurra. As reported in Financial Standard, the Stone & Chalk project was originally announced by NSW Premier Mike Baird as a "subsidised office space to collaborate, network and investigate venture capital opportunities," with former ...

NSW to receive $2 billion infrastructure incentive

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Commonwealth for its infrastructure recycling strategy, Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced. Designed to incentivise NSW Premier Mike Baird's plan to lease 49% of the state's electricity network to invest in rail and road projects, the payments come from ...

Baird to launch Sydney not-for-profit "fintech hub"

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
NSW Premier Mike Baird has announced the development of Sydney's first financial technology hub. Located at 45 Clarence St, the hub (known as "Stone and Chalk") will provide technology start-ups with, as Baird put it, "subsidised office space to collaborate ...

Industry seizes China FTA opportunities

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... currency bond, aiming to raise, according to a report in the Australian Financial Review, as much as $400 million. NSW Premier Mike Baird said: "NSW Treasury Corporation is always looking for opportunities to diversify its investor base, and one option ...

Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... rent from the new partial owner. They will also have to distinguish between urban and regional distribution traffic. NSW premier, Mike Baird, said the proposal will now form a major plank of the government's re-election platform that will be presented ...

Port of Newcastle leased for $1.75bn

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... consortium is comprised of Australia's Hastings Funds Management and China Merchants, a Chinese state-owned corporation. NSW Premier Mike Baird said the $340 million of the proceeds would go towards the "revitalisation" of the Newcastle CBD. The remaining ...

Cut welfare, give savings to defence: UK minister

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... government outlays, In 2012 this included the introduction of 'spare room' tax on public housing tenants, a tax model NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell is following with his already announced plans for a similar tax. The Telegraph reported that Duncan has ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 33 points at 4,082. In economic news on Monday, NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell is due to deliver the State of the State address to Committee for Economic Development of Australia luncheon ...

FSC chief made chair of Landcom

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... Corporation to dedicate more time to his new role. The FSC chief, a former Shadow Planning Minister, was first approached by NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell about the position late last year, when it was indicated that long standing chair Kirby Jones wasn't ...

Pressure on yields continues

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012
... over Australia's ability to take more pressure from offshore. Amid the tightening demand came news this morning that NSW premier Barry O'Farrell will lead trade missions to China, India and the UAE this year to drum up investor interest in NSW infrastructure ...