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Raising SG must remain despite RSPT outcome: Brogden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... mining sector get out of their entrenched positions and negotiate to find a resolution," he said. Brogden commended Kevin Rudd for his time as prime minister and his work on building the local financial service industry. "Kevin Rudd was always a strong ...

First femme PM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
The morning after. Either you're still reading the obituaries and the political assassination of Kevin Rudd or you have moved on to congratulate Australia's first femme PM - Julia Gillard. I won't bore you with the details. Pick up any local daily or ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... planners charge from one to three years). Moreover, the influence of Dr. Ken Henry, who is widely seen as close to Kevin Rudd, may wane. Whichever way it goes, both the short and long game for financial services industry associations just got more co ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... globe discuss the fate of us mere mortals. But before that, we Australians have a developing uncertainty of our own. Kevin Rudd is no longer PM. Ms. Julia Gillard becomes Australia's new PM and its first femme Prime Minister. What happens to Labour's ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... brought this onto themselves. How would you feel if you expected a night out with Jennifer Hawkins and got one with Kevin Rudd instead? Ok, bad joke... only because some may actually, really, truly prefer a night out with KRudd... at Hooters. The US ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... the joint venture arrangement." The MCA being the architect of the 'super profits tax' does not excuse Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's initial difficulty in explaining how the tax restructure would work, but it does highlight that the current political frenzy ...

PM repeats calls to make Australia a fin services hub

At an industry forum yesterday, the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd talks about the next wave of superannuation reforms and the critical role the financial services sector play in the national economy. He said the reforms are the most significant set of reforms ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... for these countries. Economic growth suffers, the equity market suffers, commodity markets suffer (oops there goes Kevin Rudd's 40 per cent Resources Super Profits Tax), then contagion... then everybody suffers. GFC mark II is born. It's so easy to extrapolate ...

MySuper proposal ignites storm

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... response to the Ripoll advice practices review and the increasingly controversial Henry taxation review. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's difficulties in negotiating his hospital reform package, following his failure to implement the CPRS in 2009, suggest ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... changing public policy settings and consumer backlash following the failure of the Copenhagen talks and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's ETS legislation only helped to derail the growth of the ESG industry. Mather said that without leadership from investors ...