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Pearce backs TCF policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, Chris Pearce said the opposition would support a 'treating customers fairly' (TCF) principle if the latest financial planning inquiry does not fully address consumer rights. The ...

Sherry attacks Hockey on super policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... Liberal Party's "dangerous, uncosted and job-killing mess" of a superannuation policy. Prior to Hockey's appointment, the Opposition announced a proposal to pay a portion of superannuation guarantee obligations for small business for a certain period ...

Don't punish fin services for GFC: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
The Federal Opposition said imposing a new round of regulation on the financial services sector as a reaction to the GFC could be counter-productive. Chris Pearce, Shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, yesterday told ...

Drinking is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... government, further made shakier by the embarrassment caused by his Finance Minister, would further embolden Japan's Opposition Party - rightly or wrongly -- into blocking the ruling party's efforts to revive the economy. And while the Diet (Japanese ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... Republicans. Here, The Australian's Newspoll done after the announcement of the A$42 billion spending plan and the Opposition's opposition to it showed that 57 per cent of respondents though that the package would be good for the economy and only 28 ...

Small businesses to get two-year SG relief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
The Opposition is calling on the government to help small businesses by paying a portion of the Superannuation Guarantee obligations on behalf of small employers for the next two years, under a proposal announced yesterday. Businesses with 20 or fewer ...

Merry Christmas retailers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... Australian retail sales figures have swung the pendulum in favour of Kevin 07 and his fiscal stimulus package. The Federal Opposition has been making noises ever since the A$42 billion was first announced. It threatened to block the passage of the legislation ...

Damned if you do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... housing and school buildings and business tax breaks kick in. And if these were not enough, more will be done. The Opposition, it seems, is more worried about the Budget going into deficit. The Opposition is reportedly thinking of blocking the measures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... further as news of the auto bill made its way to Wall Street. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced his opposition to the plan, breaking with President George W. Bush. Observers said McConnell was seen as a key to helping overcome opposition ...

You earn, I spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... Treasurer conceded yesterday that the budget could go into a 'temporary deficit.' And as surely as night follows day, the Opposition opposed. The idea of the other Party spending the hard earned savings they accumulated during the good times is too much ...