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Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... months back and a crash landing in China and a double dip in America and food shortages... and another term for Julia Gillard as PM (ok, I made that one up). All these haven't happened - perhaps not yet. But if they do, I don't think there's still anybody ...

Ernst & Young appoints Nick Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... of Australia's super system. He held the position of Assistant Treasurer from 2009-2010 and most recently served in the Gillard government as Minister for Small Business and Minister Assisting Deregulation and Public Sector Superannuation. "Nick brings ...

Much ado, no do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... week, last month. US economic indicators remain mixed. China is not landing hard. Europe remains a risk. And oh, Julia Gillard's leadership is in doubt. ================== You can read Ben Ong's monthly economic insight, review and analysis through his ...

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... before being elected prime minister of Australia. "There won't be a carbon tax in a government I lead" promised Julia Gillard. Liar, liar, deym liars. But do they care? It got them what they wanted did it not? Not then and certainly not now - now that ...

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... 1994 - long after the recession ended in the third quarter of 1991. Have jobs (and some handouts), will spend. With the Gillard government distributing carbon tax compensation in May, and June and 123,400 people finding jobs in the first five months ...

NIIS development on track

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... government following the Productivity Commission's inquiry into a National Disability and Insurance Scheme has endorsed the Gillard government' policy approach. "The Advisory Group's work on the issues associated with the establishment of a National ...

Pacific Hydro joins $315m renewable energy JV

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a $320 million consortium agreement between the industry fund owned Australian renewable energy company Pacific Hydro and Brazil's mining company Vale. The agreement formalises Vale's and Pacific Hydro's intentions ...

Coalition releases super manifesto

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... constant "chopping and changing and increased taxes on superannuation". However, he has not committed to unwinding all the Gillard government's changes, such as reducing SG from 12% back to 9% as favoured by business lobby groups. Senator Cormann's statement ...

PM rejects lifting retirement age to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... Australians were immediately interpreted as a call to drive up Australia's pension eligibility age. A defensive Prime Minister Gillard immediately quashed the suggestion notwithstanding her government has a plan to increase the retirement age to 67 ...

Brogden calls for government agreement on FATCA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
FSC chief John Brogden has called on the Gillard government to provide strong support for the wealth sector ahead of addressing an IRS hearing in Washington DC on the contentious FATCA regime. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) regime aims ...