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Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... considered "too big to fail" are likely to be required to have additional protections in case they fail, Treasurer Joe Hockey said at the G20 meeting of Finance ministers in Cairns this weekend. Hockey said that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) is ...

Hockey wants Sinodinos back

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey wants Arthur Sinodinos to return to the role of assistant treasurer if he is cleared of any wrongdoing by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). When asked yesterday whether he thought it was appropriate for Sinodinos ...

Hockey names infrastructure top priority for G20

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has said the mobilisation of private capital to fund infrastructure is his first priority ahead of the G20 meeting which kicks off today in Cairns. Speaking at the Bloomberg Sydney Summit this morning, Hockey said the G20 nations ...

SG frozen till 2021, industry 'dismayed'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... reforms contained in the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2014. In a joint statement, Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the measure would save the budget around $50 billion over the next decade. Hockey ...

Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... lambast the current government's polices on superannuation, the age pension and financial advice. He said Treasurer Joe Hockey had "failed to explain" why Australians "can be reasonably expected to work to 70," saying no developed country in the world ...

FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... to become more important. "The policies must be changed, either now or more dramatically in the future," Treasurer Joe Hockey said in April. Today, aged care is the eight largest part of government expenditure. "To put it in the simplest terms, we are ...

Senate saves the LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... accounts of working mums, many of whom are already behind on saving for retirement." However, in a joint release Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the move was unsustainable, claiming the three measures would cost $8.5 billion ...

Governments are 'out of money': Hockey

AAP, PETER TRUTE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey says governments are out of money and can only fund vital infrastructure with funds from the private sector. Hockey told the B20 summit of business leaders in Sydney that infrastructure is a key part of meeting a two per cent increase ...

CBA reaction too slow, too little, too late

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... stakeholders for being too slow, too little and too late. Speaking at a Melbourne Institute event yesterday, Treasurer Joe Hockey said: "Clearly the Commonwealth Bank was just too slow to get to this point." Hockey, whose mother-in-law was one of the ...

CBA needs to"lift its game": Treasurer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey said Commonwealth Bank (CBA) needs to "lift its game" and added that the bank has handled the scandals within its financial planning businesses and the Senate investigation "appallingly." Hockey spoke this weekend at the Liberal ...