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Good Budget, bad Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
"Dizzy, I'm so dizzy my head is spinning A Like a whirlpool it never ends..." A -Tommy Roe Done listening, watching and reading all about whys, hows, whens and wherefores of Budget 2015-16? I know I am, I'm so, like... over it. By the by, Financial ...

No new taxes on super welcomed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Superannuation representative groups have backed the federal government's decision to leave new taxes on super out of the 2015 budget but say there is further consultation ahead. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive ...

Masseurs Tony and Joey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
Phew! Well that wasn't so bad after all. Yes Virginia, if you didn't fall asleep listening to Treasurer Joe Hockey's budget speech last night - mainly because most of the measures Joey mentioned were already drip-fed to us days in advanced - you'll ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inept

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... 'Can the taxpayer afford 'self-funded' retirement", reveals that within five years - according to the Commonwealth Budget Papers - the costs of the nation's superannuation taxation subsidies will climb to $45 billion and become the government's single ...

You beauty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
Looks like desperation did something nice to Wayne's budgeting prowess - digging deep, Australia's Federal Treasurer was able to pull something out of the hat, enabling the government to return the "budget to surplus on time and as promised". While ...

A surplus in 2012/13, and then what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
"We are on track for surplus in 2012-13, on time, as promised..." These were the words spoken by Australian Federal Treasurer and Euromoney Magazine's "Finance Minister of the Year" (2011) Wayne Swan in May last year as he delivered the Australian Budget ...

Future Fund not for sale: Wong

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
The Gillard Government has quickly shut down Opposition allegations that it was planning to withdraw funds from the Future Fund, clarifying its actions and criticising the Liberal party's lack of understanding. The Government's predicted revenue from ...

Budget bore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
"We are on track for surplus in 2012-13, on time, as promised..." Pardon moi, but this to me is the only thing with a hint of significance in honourable Wayne Swan's - Australia's deputy PM and Treasurer - budget speech last night. It was a ho-hum Budget ...

Do nothing budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
"Those looking for a big spending pre-election budget won't find one." This is what Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan told Parliament on Budget night. And he wasn't kidding. Sure there were a few government giveaways... a few takes, but compared ...

Goldilocks Budget 2009

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
Most Australians by now would be suffering from Budget diarrhea. For there is no escape...everywhere you turn, it's Budget 2009 - the second for the Rudd Government and the first in contemporary Australian history of a tough one. Those were the days. ...