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Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... for these countries. Economic growth suffers, the equity market suffers, commodity markets suffer (oops there goes Kevin Rudd's 40 per cent Resources Super Profits Tax), then contagion... then everybody suffers. GFC mark II is born. It's so easy to extrapolate ...

SG jump twice as bad as mining tax slug

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... miners and employers - is not so positive. Employer groups are also angry that the SG increase violates a promise made by the Rudd Government in 2007. The problem, explains the ACCI, is that because so many employees are disengaged from their super ...

Govt unveils more super reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
The Rudd Government hopes to boost national retirement savings by raising the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent - a move that drew a mixed response from the industry. The Government announced it would raise SG to 12 per cent from 2013 ...

Simple tax is too taxing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... review. Like reading fiction, it gives you a happy feeling but it isn't real...or not yet. According to the dailies, the Rudd Government snubbed Henry's KISS. It is adopting only four of the 138 recommendations: the 40 per cent Resource Profits Tax ...

MySuper proposal ignites storm

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... response to the Ripoll advice practices review and the increasingly controversial Henry taxation review. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's difficulties in negotiating his hospital reform package, following his failure to implement the CPRS in 2009, suggest ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... changing public policy settings and consumer backlash following the failure of the Copenhagen talks and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's ETS legislation only helped to derail the growth of the ESG industry. Mather said that without leadership from investors ...

Military Super reforms under senate scrutiny

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... The Coalition is urging individuals to make a submission to the senate on these bills. Among the reforms suggested by the Rudd Government are the merger between civilian and military super scheme management into one new authority. There will also be ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... then, it is too many jobs lost now. The Opposition took 5.2 per cent and shoved it in front of Labour Prime Minister Kevin Rudd' face saying, you're a dud. Your spending has not worked. But consider this, 'The Economist' printed edition dated 14 October ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... Australia's problem is that the pro-active and aggressive monetary response by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Rudd government's fiscal spending have worked too well in shielding the domestic economy from the ravages of the GFC. Assisted ...

ComSuper faces executive and admin reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... title arguably reforms ComSuper to adopt a more corporate structure to its executive management, argue industry experts. "The Rudd Government does often have structures that seem to mirror a lot more what's happening in the private sector," said Fiona ...