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Margin lending collapses risk regulatory over-reach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... is to what extent should the government be there to bail them out when it comes unstuck? This might have been on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's mind in early March when he told reporters that consumers need to understand the organisations they are dealing ...

Markets down, national happiness in positive territory

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
... satisfied with their lives than men," noted the April report which was released earlier this week by former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer. The report however presents some challenges, especially to the wealth management industry. "Happiness generally ...

China response has big trade implications

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
With pressures growing on Prime Minister Rudd to scold China over its treatment of Tibet, the irony is that its left to just to the Prime Minister to defend our position even though the beneficiaries of our China relationship extend into every corner ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... caught on a rock. The report will obviously have to be rewritten. As for Heritage Listing the sky in NSW, no wonder Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has escaped for 17 days. And no doubt his plane flew west from Canberra so he would minimise any NSW sky rental ...

Job vacancies bull run falters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... flashpoint is the mixed signals the governments is sending. Last weekend, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Prime Minister Rudd met with selected union leaders to discuss industry-wide wage increases. Even though the Prime Minister has publicly ...

Don Russell joins State Super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... management and research firm, Sanford C Bernstein and was Australian ambassador to the US and principal adviser to then Prime Minister and treasurer Paul Keating for two years. Prior to this, he held positions at the Commonwealth Treasury and consulted ...

The looming inflationary upswing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... telling the lastoilshock.com news website that, "We've never seen anything like it". With all this going, expecting Prime Minister Rudd and his new government to be able to do much to battle global forces this immense would have to be naA-ve to say the ...

BCA call to freeze Budget gets cold shoulder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... security and welfare, it is not so keen for the same constraints to be applied to executive salaries, an area where Prime Minister Rudd recently publicly appealed for business leaders to lead by example. "What we're seeing there is, I guess, a response ...

AWU campaigns for opt-in super

... proposal comes with both economic and political risks. "I accept that political imperatives might constrain the Prime Minister from such a black-and-white solution. That's why the proposal to provide an opt-out choice may be an attractive middle way ...

Cut super tax, boost co-contribution

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
... Superannuation Funds of Australia and the Investment and Financial Services Association yesterday applauded the Prime Minister's five-point plan to address inflation by encouraging private and national savings, but added that more super contributions ...