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Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... three years should not be too big a shock to the electorate. Nevertheless, Jeremy Hanson, ACT liberal party and opposition leader said on ABC Radio that the challenge is how to accommodate people in physical industries unable to stay in the workforce ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... around six months or that type of 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 ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... still one. You guy's are in the driver's seat now. So go and drive us forward. Leave opposing and criticising to Opposition leader Bill Shorten now. Look ma, Bill did! ALP leader Bill Shorten was quotes saying, "Over 60,000 full-time jobs have been lost ...

I spy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... over. One, because the 'bugging' happened in 2009 - that was long before Tony Abbott's watch. Tony wasn't even opposition leader back then as the dates on the three "incriminating" DSD slides show - 2nd quarter 2007, August 2009 and November 2009. Tony ...

CBA could face legal action over Operation Lantern

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... event that also attended Nationals' senator John Williams and a number of Coalition members, including former opposition leader, Kerry Chikarovski. Levitt claimed that photographic surveillance without a warrant is a legal offence and he also referred ...

Shorten gives Ripoll shadow superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has appointed Bernie Ripoll Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. The appointment sees the portfolio returned to a shadow ministerial level after Kevin Rudd put it under the umbrella of Treasury. This ...

Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
"Does this guy ever shut up?" Then Opposition leader, now Australia's 28th Prime Minister (let's dispense with the "elect", shall we?) Tony Abbott was portrayed as an arrogant aggressor when he blurted out these words on 21 August during his leadership ...

Peter Collins to chair ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... member of NSW Parliament for 22 years, holding the offices of attorney-general, health minister, treasurer, and opposition leader. Since 2006, he has been on the board of industry fund HOSTPLUS. ISN chief executive David Whiteley said: "Mr Collins and ...

Abbott to announce levy details next week

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
Opposition leader Tony Abbott admits proposed business tax cuts for some companies will be offset by the coalition's paid parental leave levy. But Abbott says most will still be better off. Abbott has confirmed a coalition government will cut the company ...

SPAA, Deloitte join calls for SG deferral rethink

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... Coalition's plan to defer the increase to the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) by two years. The debate centres on Opposition leader Tony Abbot's budget reply speech in which he said the Coalition would delay raising the SG from 9% to 12%, in a bid to save ...