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Carbon assets in valuation freefall

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... its credit rating and cash for large scale infrastructure investment almost had no choice. Former Prime Minister Paul Keating writing in the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday said, "[A decade ago] then the power stations were worth $35 billion. A decade ...

Attack tax with tact

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... increase, not lower, the tax take. Case in point is the last time the tax system had tree surgery like this under the Hawke-Keating government it lead to the Fringe Benefits Tax and a stepping up of the Capital Gains Tax. A later pruning exercise by ...

Macq predicts SG to top 9pc

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... contributions rise will likely be on the cards as the government moves to combat rising inflation levels. "One of the ways [Paul Keating] tried to address inflation is that in return for forgoing a wage increase, the unions agreed to take a super payment ...

Don Russell joins State Super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
State Super has appointed former Paul Keating adviser and BNY Mellon strategist, Don Russell, chairperson on its board. Russell replaces Michael Cole after he was directed to review the financial exposures of local councils. Previously, Russell worked ...

Sub-prime not such a CAD after all

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... asset sales may help us fight inflation then we better lock down what's left in the closet that former Prime Ministers Keating and Howard didn't flog off. While the MLC report is upbeat about how our economy and stock markets could still out-perform ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... Glenn Stevens is to deliver a speech on economic conditions and prospects, while former prime minister and treasurer Paul Keating will discuss Australia's superannuation industry in Sydney. On the markets, the Hay Group Report on executive remuneration ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... industry groups have called for a return to the 150 per cent R&D tax concessions that were introduced by the Hawke and Keating governments. Senator Carr noted that automotives, pharmaceuticals, information technology and greenhouse technologies were ...

Keating laments missed super opportunities

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
... hundreds of billions of dollars in missed savings opportunities and we are only now starting to catch up, claimed Paul Keating, former Australian Prime Minister. Keating, one of principal architects of the modern Australian superannuation system, speaking ...

China growth an uneven story: Keating

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating told SIBOS attendees yesterday that China is a "very mixed place in terms of prosperity and opportunity" and dispelled some easy truths about doing business in a region going through an unprecedented growth spurt. ...

Keating and Sen Chapman to launch AFA conference

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... controversial Parliamentary Inquiry into the Structure of the Superannuation Industry, together with former Prime Minister Paul Keating, will headline the Australian Financial Advisers annual conference in October. The theme of this year's conference ...