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Former Liberal leader named Equiti Capital chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2011
Equiti Capital has announced former Federal MP and Opposition leader, Dr John Hewson AM, as its new chair. Opposition leader from April 1990 to May 1994 for the Liberal party, Hewson was formerly an economist for the Australian Treasury (Census and ...

Govt responds to self-funded retirees

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... an annual $300 Low Income Supplement payment available through Centrelink. Meanwhile, Shorten has hit out at Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, accusing the Liberal leader of trying to claim back thousands of dollars from pensioners under his proposed scheme. ...

Market Wrap -Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) opens its three-day convention, with addresses by Federal Opposition leader Tony Abbott and Sundance Resources' chairman George Jones. On Tuesday, the Australian share market fell more than one per ...

Speaker chaos could derail super reforms

... implement its superannuation and wealth management reform program. The latest confusion centres on accusations opposition leader Tony Abbott has reneged on a parliamentary reform package that includes a more independent speaker. Appointment of speaker ...

Moving forward with Gillard

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... very different over the next three years but it wont all be bad for business" added Brogden, a former state opposition leader. "One example, there is no way a government in this situation would ever introduce something like the mining tax without consultation ...

Coalition's IR commitment locks in Award default funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... Fair Work Act means there will be no change to how default super funds are nominated in Awards. This follows Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's announcement on the weekend that the Coalition will adopt the government's Fair Work Act as their industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... Development of Australia opens its two-day State of the Nation Conference in Canberra, with speakers including Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese, and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson. The Australian Office of Financial ...

Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... John Brogden chief executive of the Investment and Financial Services Association and former NSW Liberal Party opposition leader, said, "The Coalition must reverse its position on the Superannuation Guarantee. This is a bad outcome for Australians and ...

Planners can fix their poor public image

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... what planners do and how important they are to the community, said Kerry Chikarovski, former NSW Liberal Party Opposition Leader and the AFA's consultant political adviser. "Most of the noise that has been heard about planners is the bad news. The first ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd buckled under Opposition pressure back then? In his 2008 budget reply, ex-Opposition leader Brendan Nelson declared it a "tax and spend" budget while the next ex-Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull called Labor the ...