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Arts attract philanthropic funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... government and philanthropy, providing multiple submissions to government reviews and consulting with Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former Minister for Social Inclusion, Tanya Plibersek," said Peter Winneke, Myer Family Company's head of philanthropic ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... Whether or not he has the numbers, he will contest for his old job on Monday, hoping to put an "ex-" (hex?) before Julia Gillard's title of Prime Minister. I can't add anymore to an issue that's been sliced, diced and even minced by Australians all since ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... Billiton up 51 cents at $37.16. Uranium miners were higher after Labor's national conference backed Prime Minister Julia Gillard's plan to remove the party platform's ban on uranium exports to India. Paladin Energy was up 5.5 cents, or 3.3 per cent ...

PM: Labor taking reform road on super

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard told attendees at the Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) community partnership trust launch in Sydney on Friday that the rise in the SG and abolition of the age cap would change peoples' futures. Pointing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... passengers expected to have their travel plans disrupted. Its shares fell half a cent to $1.56, after Prime Minister Julia Gillard warned the government had powers under the Fair Work Act to intervene in the dispute if it began to impact the national ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... Stephen Conroy says keeping politicians out of an inquiry into the media is the right thing to do. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has accused NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell and federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of conspiring with News Ltd to undermine ...

Obama punts on US$300bn jobs package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... for relative population size, president Obama's US$300 billion jobs package would be equivalent to prime minister Julia Gillard announcing a program worth $20 billion. That's half the value of the entire NBN, half the value of our age pension entitlement ...

PM Gillard: super to support economic stability

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard spoke of the importance of Australia's super industry as an "anchor" for the economy and the changes ahead in an address to over 600 wealth management professionals in Sydney this morning. In a 30-minute speech discussing ...

Russell heads back to Canberra

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... appointing Russell yesterday to Secretary of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said in statement, "I am sure Dr Russell's experience and knowledge and his ability to relate effectively to the private ...

Gillard urges China investment relationship

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has encouraged a strong investment relationship with China after speaking at a China-Australia business forum, with talk of tight economic integration between the two nations. As part of her address, Gillard said that China ...