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Masseurs Tony and Joey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... been doing the rounds of the broadcast, print and cyber media over the past few weeks, it was a knife. I must give it to Tony and Joey - they're good masseurs. They endured being branded Pinocchios as "tough Budget speculations" got feverish - they let ...

Industry prepares for Abbott's first budget

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... eligibility, infrastructure and the deficit look likely to take prominent position in tonight's budget, described by Prime Minister Tony Abbott as bringing "pain with purpose." However, superannuation and financial services are expected to get off fairly ...

Promises promises and broken promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... become necessary. And it might... be necessary... soon enough, particularly if next week's Budget turn out to be as tough as Tony and Joey telegraphed it to be. Already, consumer and business confidence have slowed in April and March, respectively - ...

No cut to age pension in this term: Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said there will be no change to the age pension in this term of parliament, putting an end to speculation that the pension would be cut back in next month's budget. However, the PM used his address to the Sydney Institute ...

FoFA amendments undermine confidence in advisers: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... should stop changes which undermine confidence in the financial planning market." Shorten spoke a day after Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to rule out that the government was preparing to introduce a levy on high incomes to reduce Australia's deficit. ...

FEATURE: Re-imagining Australia's financial future

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... global financial crisis, another investigation is more than necessary. In November 2013 a joint release between Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey introduced us to the government's wide-ranging plans. The release said the Murray inquiry ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... thing". Sowee, but at this point I can't help but recall what our very own then Opposition leader and now Prime Minister Tony Abbott said about the spoken word back in May 2010. "I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes ...

Cormann to take over Sinodinos' duties

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' portfolio will now fall under the Ministry of Finance, headed by Mathias Cormann. Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed yesterday during a parliamentary session that the financial services industry will be Cormann's responsibility. ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... be in the best interest of the integrity of the system if Senator Sinodinos would step aside" and called on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to ask him to step down. Counsel assisting the ICAC inquiry Geoffrey Watson told the Commission yesterday, that as ...