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Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... it turns out, all of Australia's treasury men - Labor's Wayne Swan and then Chris Bowen; the Coalition's Joe Hockey, Scott Morrison and now Josh Frydenberg - have burnt the forests for the trees in their quest to get the bragging rights to ...

Chief economist update: What price Australian budget surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... Frydenberg looks set to deliver on the "promise" that has eluded four Federal Treasurers - Wayne Swan, Chris Bowen, Joe Hockey, and Scott Morrison (now prime minister) - before him. According to the Budget Papers 2019-2020, Australia's underlying ...

Chief economist update: Rosy assumptions a Budget surplus make

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... agree, the Budget predictions are only as good as the economic assumptions underlying them. Wayne Swan, Chris Bowen, Joe Hockey all promised surpluses but failed - all because events didn't live up to their assumptions. Or take the case of Peter ...

Super industry welcomes Age Pension backflip

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... increase the pension age to 70 by 2035. The plans were first announced in the 2014-15 Federal budget by then-Treasurer Joe Hockey. "We are pleased that the Morrison government has abandoned Coalition plans to increase the pension age," Linden said. "Forcing ...

Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... agree, the Budget predictions are only as good as the economic assumptions underlying them. Wayne Swan, Chris Bowen, Joe Hockey all promised surpluses but failed - all because events didn't live up to their expectations. Or take the case of Peter Costello ...

ZIRP to bring back "animal spirits"?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... capex was falling around mid-single digits and expectations were dropping in the low teens - and oh, Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey were still Prime Minister and Federal Treasurer, respectively. But Gov Glenn did more since. The RBA cut interest rates by ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... demand for financial services increases." Prime Minister Turnbull said in announcing the new Cabinet: "The honourable Joe Hockey told me that he would not be seeking a place in the new ministry and it was his intention to resign from the Parliament in ...

Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... fixing the safety net feed into ensuring good retirement incomes." The event was also addressed by federal Treasurer Joe Hockey, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens.

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... a little while there, I was ready to give that knighthood to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot and his Treasurer Joe Hockey for turning "Bloody Monday" around into a "Bounce back Tuesday" and a "Top up Wednesday". Why so? Why so is because they succeeded ...

Consensus emerging on Tax White Paper

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has reminded a business forum that the Tax White Paper is about how the government collects tax, not how much. Hockey told the PwC Tax Reform Forum in Melbourne yesterday that more than 800 submissions on the Tax White Paper ...
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