Wayne Swan

                   

Bishop must use it or she'll lose it

news.com.au
19 hrs ago
        

COMMENT: Dennis Shanahan | December 02, 2008 Article from: The Australian LIBERAL Party opinion is divided as to whether Julie Bishop's critics airing their grievances has been good or bad for the Opposition. Some Liberals...

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Banks set to pass on rate cut

news.com.au
19 hrs ago
        

THE Federal Government is confident banks will pass on today's expected interest rate cut, tipped to be three-quarters of a percentage point. JP Morgan economist Helen Kevans, who forecast a 75 basis point cut, said the Reserve...

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Swan must release forecasts

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19 hrs ago
        

IF Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan really believed in honesty and transparency in government they would release an updated Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook to incorporate the COAG spending and any change in the economic outlook....

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$800m school computers funding 'reflects Govt mismanagement' (ABC)

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yesterday 15 related
        

The role of Federal Government funding in education has dominated a rowdy day in Parliament. The Government is putting an extra $800 million towards its computers in schools program to cover running costs. Opposition education...

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Swan urges banks to pass on rate cuts (AAP)

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Retail banks must play their part in helping to strengthen the economy by passing on as much as possible any cut in official interest rates, Treasurer Wayne Swan says. Economists widely expect the Reserve Bank to cut the...

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Bishop faces taunts in QT about performance

abc.net.au
yesterday 1 related
        

The Opposition used Question Time to grill the Government over the cost blow-out to its computers in schools programme. But Government Ministers spent their time taunting the Shadow Treasurer over speculation the Coalition...

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PRESS DIGEST-Australian General News - Dec 1

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Compiled for Reuters by Media Monitors. THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW (www.afr.com) --Directors seeking re-election to the boards of some of Australia’s most prominent sharemarket-listed companies are increasingly facing...

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Turnbull says beware of Labor deficit

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TONY EASTLEY: Despite the very real threat of a significant slowdown in Australia the Rudd Government is ploughing on with multi-billion dollar reforms on the way services like health, education and housing are delivered by the...

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Swan won't rule out tax cut stimulus (AAP)

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The federal government may consider bringing forward tax cuts if its $10.4 billion economic injection doesn't give the economy the boost that it needs. Treasurer Wayne Swan says that over the next few months the government will...

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Australian Treasurer not to rule out further tax cuts

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CANBERRA, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan said here on Sunday the government may consider bringing forward tax cuts if its 10.4 billion Aust dollars (6.6 billion U.S. dollars) economic injection fails to...

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