Wayne Swan

'No excuse' for future budget deficit: Opposition (ABC)

The Federal Opposition says an international economic report shows the Government has no excuse to run a budget deficit. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has predicted that Australia's economy...

Govt 'considering $3b crisis loan to Indonesia' (ABC)

The Federal Government is considering a request from Indonesia for emergency financial support to cope with the global financial crisis. The Opposition asked the Government in Parliament today if it is thinking of lending...

Greens blast funding guarantee bill (AAP)

Rushing laws through parliament to support Labor's bank guarantee scheme is an abuse of parliamentary procedure, Australian Greens leader Bob Brown says. The lower house on Tuesday passed laws to support the government's...

Opposition defends its economic record (AAP)

Opposition frontbencher Joe Hockey has mounted a vigorous defence of the coalition's economic record, saying a new OECD report is an endorsement of the previous Howard government. The report - which predicted slowing growth...

Political Leadership

Were current and recent Labor leaders ever political activists in Queensland? I think the Joh legacy was more than anything, is that there was a group of determined people that came out of the fight against Joh. Goss was one of...

Chop GST, urges Lew

BILLIONAIRE businessman Solomon Lew has called on the Government to reduce the goods and services tax to 5 per cent in an effort to stimulate the economy, saying the Government "will not survive if it doesn't go into deficit"....

Govt, Opposition jump on OECD report

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says it expects Australia to avoid a recession amid the global financial crisis. The Federal Government says the OECD forecast vindicates its economic policies; the...

PM acknowledges we may have to go into defecit

The Prime Minister uttered the d-word in parliament today. After weeks of tiptoeing around the possibility, he conceded that the budget might go into deficit. His acknowledgment provoked a storm of protest from the Opposition...

Gillard defends partner's health role

Siobhain Ryan | November 26, 2008 Article from: The Australian ACTING Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been forced to explain the appointment of her partner, hairdresser Tim Mathieson, as an honorary men's health ambassador for...

Swan suspects leaks in deposit guarantee consultation

The Federal Government says someone it has been consulting about the bank deposits guarantee has been leaking to the Opposition. Several times in recent months, Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull , has appeared to know what the...