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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... finance figures for March are released, the ANZ-Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence survey is due out and Treasurer Joe Hockey hands down the federal budget in the evening. In equities news, Coca-Cola Amatil holds its annual general meeting, Orica ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... our savings and redeploy government expenditure into areas of growth in the economy". That's the Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey in black and white. And it gets better, better, better. Commodity prices are picking up - iron ore's up 1.2%, oil's up 0.9% ...

Hockey launches Serious Financial Crime Taskforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey will allocate millions to a taskforce that will fight "serious and organised financial crime." The Government will provide $127.6 million over four years to the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce to investigate and prosecute cases ...

That elusive 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... iron ore - has started rebounding, up 5.5% to US$57.81 per tonne instead of heading down the forecast US$40 per or Joe Hockey's reported Budget assumption of US$35. So too have the price of crude oil - on both measures. Brent is up 37.3% to US$64.83 ...

Hockey slams Labor super tax proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has responded to Labor's suggestion of a 15% tax on super earnings above $75,000, saying, "Labor's default position is always to increase taxes." In an interview, Hockey said he hadn't looked at the "details" of Labor's announcement ...

No changes to neg gearing, super in Budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... concessions. While Frydenberg made no claim to be speaking officially on behalf of the Prime Minister or Treasurer Joe Hockey, Frydenberg's comments are significant as he is widely considered to a be credible and rising star inside the government. Indeed ...

Hockey commits cash to infra partnerships plan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
Australia will provide $25 million to the World Bank Group's Global Infrastructure Facility, said Treasurer Joe Hockey in a statement. The Facility will be used to build public-private infrastructure partnerships to streamline "greater private sector ...

Future Fund appoints board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... for their long-term commitment to the Future Fund Board of Guardians and wish them well for the future," Treasurer Joe Hockey said in a statement.

Tax debate highlights need for investments outside super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
The questions raised about tax concessions for superannuation balances in Treasurer Joe Hockey's Tax Discussion Paper highlight the growing need for alternative investment options outside super, according to Centuria Life general manager Neil Rogan. ...

China slowdown will hit Australia

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... remained for East Asia Pacific region "both in the short and long run". The gloomy prediction comes as federal Treasurer Joe Hockey forecast the iron ore price dropping to $35 a tonne, which could see commonwealth revenue fall by $25 billion over four ...