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It's official, Rudd saved Australia

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011

It is being reported today that Treasury believe it was really former prime minister Kevin Rudd who saved Australia from the GFC and not the mining industry, but before we get too excited the analysis simply confirms that we don't just have a two-speed ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011

... productivity so that when the Chindia resources boom peters out in 20-30 years time we'll be ready. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd must be ruing how this debate is so much like a re-run of his mining industry super profits tax policy. It's as if the ...

Movers and shakers of 2010

JOHN MCDULING | FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010

... year in Australian politics. Julia Gillard became the nation's first female Prime Minister in June after support for Kevin Rudd vanished almost as quickly as it emerged, out of the blue, less than two years prior. Gillard was seen as a much safer bet ...

Speaker chaos could derail super reforms

... lower house numbers currently 76 to 74, if a Labor member is made speaker and say a division (vote) were called while Kevin Rudd foreign affairs minister was out of the country at the same time as say the Treasurer was away at a G20 meeting or the defence ...

Shorten takes on superannuation portfolio

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010

... executive of SPAA. There is speculation that if it wasn't for Shorten's role in the demise of former prime minister Kevin Rudd, Shorten would have been granted a cabinet post. Nonetheless his appointment to the junior ministry reinforces the pattern ...

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 ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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