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Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... resulted in a hung parliament. It didn't help that China again raised its reserve requirement. Sure, this bad state of affairs could easily turn ugly -- if it hasn't already -- if left to its own devices. We can all extrapolate all the way down to the ...

Troubled Greece to freeze pensions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... income will largely be protected from the lower pension policy. In a joint statement, European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn and IMF's Strauss-Kahn said they recognised the sacrifices that will have to be made by the Greek ...

HOSTPLUS and ME drop Melbourne Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... National Rugby League (NRL), it has appointed Deloitte to conduct a forensic audit of the club's accounts and financial affairs. The breaches are believed to amount to $1.7 million over five years, according to the News Limited press release. Prior to ...

Co-contribs bungle is costing taxpayers: Hartsuyker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... taxpayers at least $1 million, according to shadow minister, Luke Hartsuyker. Hartsuyker, shadow minister for consumer affairs, financial services, superannuation and corporate law, said taxpayers could be forced to pay for interest on the outstanding ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... Minister Stephen Smith could say in response to the verdict was that it seemed "very harsh". And even Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Julie Bishop managed only a little stronger, "This would be an issue of great concern to many companies from ...

Military Super reforms under senate scrutiny

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... Federal Government - including the management merger of civilian and military schemes. The shadow minister for veterans' affairs, Louise Markus, and the shadow minister for defence science, Bob Baldwin is calling on interested individuals to have their ...

Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... not help Greece because, "the ECB have a clear mandate... we have a clear no-bailout clause." Michael Meister, financial affairs spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, has the answer -- a bilateral aid or a package ...

Hartsuyker takes aim at govt reviews

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2010
Luke Hartsuyker, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation, corporate law and consumer affairs, said the Government has failed to encourage Australians to invest in superannuation by creating an uncertain regulatory environment. Speaking ...

Eslake joins Wingate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... advisory panels including the World Trade Organisation Advisory Group, the Trade Policy Advisory Council and the Foreign Affairs Council. The investment advisory committee also includes Chad Padowitz, chief investment officer at Wingate Asset Management ...

Hartsuyker named new shadow minister for super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Luke Hartsuyker MP is the new Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law. Hartsuyker's new role is part of the opposition leader Tony Abbott's shadow ministry reshuffle announced yesterday. "Luke replaces ...