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PM's wrong and right oil strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... manufacturing hybrid engines in Australia will do more to address Australia's oil supply worries than Prime Minister Kevin Rudd lecturing OPEC to increase production. During the weekend it was widely reported that the Prime Minister, concerned about ...

Govt to create national infra investment fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... all the Surplus is expected to be channelled into the new fund. Speculation about the BAF began when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in a speech to the WA Chamber of Commerce last Wednesday said, "It's time to set our eyes on addressing the nation's long term ...

Our two-track super model

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd could be sending strong regulatory signals when he said people earning more than $60,000 may not need welfare support and government protection. The Prime Minister this morning told Fairfax radio that the people who really ...

Margin lending collapses risk regulatory over-reach

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... 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 with and ...

That's life, four pillars to stay forever

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... 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 charge. ...

US Fed hints rates holiday may be over

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... mid-high 80 cent level, oil prices will calm down and the doomsayers may go back into the bunker. But new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd may also breathe a sigh of relief as the last thing a new Labor government trying to build economic credibility needs ...

First Home Saver proposal a winner

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
The proposal by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd for a "super style" savings scheme to help first home buyers save for a home has drawn strong support from the superannuation industry already champing at the bit to get involved. The proposal works by letting ...

Budget reply: National clearing house, halve the OS withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... night largely ignored superannuation and investment, but the make-believe Budget Reply announced by Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd last night had us front and centre. In a speech that started shakily but quickly gathered a frenetic pace as the clock ran ...

Starved infrastructure will bite into growth

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, played the political magician last night by pulling some surprising economic and political rabbits out of the hat, but there's still no talk of feeding our starved infrastructure any time soon. If anyone was wondering ...

ALP's broadband funding comes under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
... billion dollar project to be bankrolled by the Future Fund's remaining 17 per cent stake in Telstra. Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd yesterday unveiled his plan to build a nationwide high speed FTTN network, up to 40 per cent faster than the broadband available ...