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China vaccinates against corona

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... provident fund and unpaid repay loans to the provident fund due to the virus's impact will not be treated as overdue, the cabinet said."

Industry fund appoints chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... trustee director since 2015. Currently the chief executive of the National Irrigators Council, Whan was previously a NSW cabinet minister overseeing different portfolios, including rural water and tourism. Club Plus Super also appointed Susan Weston ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... central bank last met have been mixed at best but overall continue to indicate lingering weakness in the economy. The Cabinet Office revised the country's economic growth rate to an annualised rate of 2.2% in the March 2019 quarter - up from 2.1% ...

Former Labor senator joins Sargon

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
A former cabinet minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments was appointed to Sargon's board. Stephen Conroy has joined as a non-executive director at Sargon, as the firm embarks on its next growth phase. Commenting on Conroy's appointment, Sargon ...

Chief economist update: BOJ exit last year, BOJ easing this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
Japanese officials and investors must be wiping the sweats from their foreheads after the Cabinet Office released its latest National Accounts report and showed the country dodged a recession. Japanese GDP grew 0.3% in the December 2018 quarter following ...

Treasury initiates review post RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... Families and Social Services will lead the review, in consultation with Treasury and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. "The review is also set to benefit drought-affected communities, with senior representatives from the Rural Financial ...

Chief economist update: Japan's core strengthens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
When Japan's Cabinet Office revised it GDP growth estimate higher from the preliminary estimate of 0.5% to 0.7% in the June quarter, it also reported that capital expenditure provided the highest contribution to growth (0.5 percentage points) over ...

Chief economist update: Japan's sun shines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... Japan's economy grew 0.7% in the June quarter after contracting 0.2% in the March quarter. This is stronger than the Cabinet Office's preliminary estimate of 0.5% and is the fastest growth rate since the first quarter of last year (0.7%). This ...

Chief economist update: Turkey's roasted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... asset freeze on two senior Turkish officials to which Ankara answered with sanctions against two members of Trump's cabinet, to which Trump responded by tweeting that he would double Turkey's tariffs on steel and aluminium. And down, down, down ...

Super fund chair appointed to NSW Generations Fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... five-person advisory board for NGS are going to: NSW Treasury Secretary Michael Pratt and the Secretary of Premier and Cabinet Tim Reardon. The Future Fund- style NGF was announced as a part of the state budget last month. It will be seeded with $3 billion ...