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SMSF Association farewells super shadow minister

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... association's counsel. He also attended and addressed the association's national conferences "where he clearly articulated Labor's message on the issues of the day." Ripoll was elected to the Queensland seat of Oxley in 1998 and was Parliamentary Secretary ...

Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... long speech (5,531 words of it) but the "Conclusion" just about tells us what we needed to know: "Some slack remains in labor markets, and the effects of this slack and the influence of lower energy prices and past dollar appreciation have been significant ...

FSI and tax response "close to completion": Morrison

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... Morrison confirmed that retirement income policies will keep being within the scope of the white paper. He also asked the Labor Party to leave behind old tensions and rivalries: "Here is an offer to the Labor party; if you want to become part of the ...

Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... efforts to make Australia a more innovative, productive and prosperous economy," the Facebook statement said. Bowen said Labor had more tax policy on the table than the government. "We have already announced our multinational tax policy and our high ...

Blue Sky scratches head lice from portfolio

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Blue Sky Venture Capital has exited a head lice treatment company after it entered into a $278 million commercial agreement with Indian-based Dr. Reddy's Laboratories. Blue Sky invested in Hatchtech in 2013 as part of a $12 million syndicate of Australian ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... and leave interest rates where they were since 16 December 2008, at 0-0.25%. It's you, not me. Not America: "On balance, labor market indicators show that underutilisation of labour resources has diminished since early this year." It's you: "Recent global ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... will be appropriate to raise the target range for the federal funds rate when it has seen some further improvement in the labor market and is reasonably confident that inflation will move back to its 2 percent objective over the medium term." The latest ...

Lift Janet lift

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... provided nada, zilch, zippo. However, subsequent US labour market indicators point to continued strength. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report - released after the payrolls numbers - showed job openings rose by 8.1% to 5.75 million ...

S&P launches sinner-free index

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... producing biological weapons, chemical weapons, cluster bombs, landmines, nuclear weapons, conventional military sales and child labor employment in the company's operation or in supply chain. "Sustainable issues represent one of the most important cost ...

Scrapping LISC was shameful and retrograde: Bowen

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... "the single, most retrograde and regrettable government policy decision made since the establishment of superannuation," Labor Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said. Bowen slammed the measure as "shameful" and added that the outcome of it has been "terrible" ...