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Dip buyers buy the dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... consumers spend... Sadly, we're seeing quite the opposite happening in Australia. This makes me wonder if Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan sometimes wishes he were Wen Jiabao so that banks would do as he says - or heads will roll.

Govt names Foreign Investment Review chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... Board, replacing John Phillips AO who will retire on April 16 after 15 years in the role. Announced today by Treasurer Wayne Swan, Wilson has been appointed for a five-year period starting April 16. Wilson has been a member of the Foreign Investment ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... rate cut Mr RBA. And oh before I forget, there's one other argument for an immediate rate reduction and its name is Wayne Swan. He's gonna cut fiscal spending to make good on his promised budget surplus - a tax on the economy. The RBA must do something ...

Boring same old, same old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... increased taxes the government has implemented, as agreed, when it got its a,-78 billion salvation? You betcha! Hello, Wayne Swan. Hope you're listening. This is happening now in Spain where a general strike in protest of the government's austerity measures ...

A surplus in 2012/13, and then what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... were the words spoken by Australian Federal Treasurer and Euromoney Magazine's "Finance Minister of the Year" (2011) Wayne Swan in May last year as he delivered the Australian Budget Papers. Back then, the Budget Papers show the government expects the ...

Australia's Apple

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... "super profits" - starting on 1 July will unfold as planned. That is, in the words of Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan, it would "help spread the benefits of the mining boom to every corner of our economy." Perhaps the slow grind of our own virtuous ...

Govt launch MRRT super site

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... statement with the Bill Shorten, Minister for Financial Services & Superannuation, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan said that under the proposed Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) a 30 year old on average full-time earnings is estimated ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... sovereign debt crisis continues and topped the agenda of the G20 meeting in Mexico at the weekend. Australian treasurer Wayne Swan cancelled his planned attendance at the G20 finance ministers meeting because of the Labor leadership spill. At 0800 AEDT ...

Super tax concessions in spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... industry groups argue tax concessions are the only way Australians will fully fund their own retirement. Treasurer Wayne Swan and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten announced the Superannuation Roundtable yesterday in response ...

Australian economic fundamentals solid: Swan

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
Treasurer Wayne Swan has moved to reassure Australians in the wake of the International Monetary Fund's latest gloomy outlook for the world economy. In its latest World Economic Outlook update released today, the IMF downgraded global growth forecasts ...