Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 31 - 40 of 98 results for "Treasurer Wayne Swan"

Instant replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... and go for more. For given Prime Minister Gillard's latest backflip over the Slipper and Thomson affairs, Treasurer Wayne Swan would move heaven and earth to ensure that this is one promise they keep. Then again, perhaps the Government will do a U-turn ...

Speculation grows on super tax breaks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... entitlement spending at the end of its reign was not thought through, seemingly endorsing comments from Joe Hockey. Treasurer Wayne Swan will hand down the budget on 8 May.

Negative gearing property distortions here to stay

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... initiatives in the housing market have just ended up boosting demand rather than supply. Despite the concerns, Treasurer Wayne Swan has said the upcoming May budget will not target the practise. According to Australian Taxation Office figures, almost ...

US retains World Bank leadership

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... therefore the United States will get it," said Okonjo-Iweala at a briefing on the country's 2012 budget. Treasurer Wayne Swan welcomed the news and said the appointment of Kim is an excellent addition for the development agency. "While the other candidates ...

Dip buyers buy the dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... consumers spend... Sadly, we're seeing quite the opposite happening in Australia. This makes me wonder if Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan sometimes wishes he were Wen Jiabao so that banks would do as he says - or heads will roll.

Govt names Foreign Investment Review chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... Board, replacing John Phillips AO who will retire on April 16 after 15 years in the role. Announced today by Treasurer Wayne Swan, Wilson has been appointed for a five-year period starting April 16. Wilson has been a member of the Foreign Investment ...

Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... "super profits" - starting on 1 July will unfold as planned. That is, in the words of Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan, it would "help spread the benefits of the mining boom to every corner of our economy." Perhaps the slow grind of our own virtuous ...

Govt launch MRRT super site

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... statement with the Bill Shorten, Minister for Financial Services & Superannuation, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan said that under the proposed Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) a 30 year old on average full-time earnings is estimated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... sovereign debt crisis continues and topped the agenda of the G20 meeting in Mexico at the weekend. Australian treasurer Wayne Swan cancelled his planned attendance at the G20 finance ministers meeting because of the Labor leadership spill. At 0800 AEDT ...

Super tax concessions in spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... industry groups argue tax concessions are the only way Australians will fully fund their own retirement. Treasurer Wayne Swan and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten announced the Superannuation Roundtable yesterday in response ...