CANBERRA—Aged pensions should be increased to help struggling pensioners and provide an immediate economic stimulus at a time of global financial turmoil, a new study says. The paper, released today by the left-leaning...
THE Federal Government has placed a trillion-dollar guarantee on all bank deposits of any size for the next three years. The Government has also thrown its backing behind Australian overseas bank borrowings. As the...
The Federal Government is considering increasing its bank deposits safety net to boost confidence in Australia's banking system amid the global financial meltdown. The Government had originally planned to guarantee bank...
Treasurer Wayne Swan has given no indication the government would consider delaying introduction of an emissions trading scheme in response to the financial crisis. Mr Swan said at present the global community was immediately...
The Opposition again offered bipartisan support to the government in developing Australia's response to the global financial crisis. But Opposition treasury spokeswoman Julie Bishop said they wanted to wait and see what the...
Opposition treasury spokeswoman Julie Bishop says pensioners are unlikely to be comforted by the Government's pledge to lift pension rates in next year's budget. On Sunday, Treasurer Wayne Swan said pension rates would be...
West Coast has appointed its first ever female board member but not just any female - the Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition if you don't mind. The Honourable Julie Bishop - the shadow Treasurer and prominent Western...
Peter van Onselen | October 11, 2008 THE Productivity Commission's 300-page report on paid maternity leave must have come as a shock to former sex discrimination commissioner and now NSW Liberal MP Pru Goward. Kevin Rudd warned...
The federal opposition wants Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to use "more measured language" when describing the current economic situation. Mr Rudd has said the nation requires "plain" and "straight" talking about problems emerging...
Thursday October 9, 2008, 6:47 pm The Federal Opposition has called for the Government to put more pressure on banks to pass on interest rate cuts to credit card holders. The major banks have passed most of this week's official...