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Nothing to fear in hung parliament

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... stress that business in Australia should not predetermine a view now that a hung parliament and Senate controlled by the Greens is a bad thing," said Brodgen. He said that, in any case, the Greens senate majority has been "abundantly clear" for some ...

Hung

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... killing them... literally. When the parties they lead look increasingly likely to be begging for support from among the greens and the independents to get any legislation passed. Cue in evil laugh. Bwa ha ha ha ha! For what can we truly expect of a campaign ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... of the proposed financial advice reforms is that the senate numbers are expected to change noticeably in favour of the Greens and possibly the government as several conservative senators are not expected to hold their seats. Recall that the Howard government ...

Future Fund chair attacks RSPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... into a proper sovereign fund rather than be used for recurrent government expenditure. Senator Bob Brown, leader of the Greens, on ABC television this week repeated his policy position that the Greens would soon be moving legislation to create an Australian ...

Greenspan put

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
"...I'm finding it very difficult to look into the future and not worry about that." This was Citizen Alan Greenspan talking on Bloomberg Television. Alan was referring to America's "federal debt" and its "capacity to borrow". He must have thought it ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
You are the definition of moral hazard! These words - delivered by Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning at Ben Bernanke's Senate hearing on his nomination for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of ...

CPRS chaos poses big risks for fin services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... post-Ripoll and post-Cooper financial reforms could be even more radical than the industry has so far imagined. For example, the Greens already hold five Senate seats. If this increased then the Greens and not the Coalition could return to holding the ...

Yin to market yang

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
Chinese authorities don't just speak another language, the way they regulate their stockmarket contradicts the Western dogma too, and that's a good thing for long-term Asian equities investors. Michael Power, investment strategist at fund manager Investec ...

AustEthical director elected MLA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... become a major player in the ACT parliament during the next four years as Labor won seven seats, the Liberals six and the Greens four. She is expected to now resign from Aust Ethical.

Super tax concessions cost more than they save: Greens

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
The Greens have issued a discussion paper that argues the cost of the tax incentives to encourage superannuation saving are greater than the tax savings we will later recoup through lower pension costs. The paper, The costs of ageing in Australia, a ...