Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has suggested the Government could look at raising taxes for high-income earners as it seeks to rein in the rapidl…
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has suggested the Government could look at raising taxes for high-income earners as it seeks to rein in the rapidl…
The Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia has demanded a third stimulus package aimed at businesses to be included in the fed…
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called it “the day the world came together to fight back against global recession”. US President B…
Don’t for a moment think the market knows what it’s doing. The 3.5% surge on the Dow Jones this morning (the rise faded to under 3% by…
The Property Council of Australia has warned that foreign banks are pulling out of Australia’s commercial property sector, potentially putti…
If you are anything like me, you scour the headlines for hints that we might be on the way out of this mess. I study the sharemarket tr…
Trade unions are seeking a $21 a week pay rise for over one million workers on minimum wages, and reject calls for wage freezes. Austr…
Kevin Rudd had better watch his tongue. This morning, he was on radio claiming that half a million workers need “protection” from unfair …
A late-night deal between the Coalition and independent senators has seen the Rudd Government’s Fair Work bill finally pass the Senate – b…
One thing you won’t hear Kevin Rudd or Wayne Swan say is: “This is the recession we had to have.” But in one way, it is. Yes, it’s “the …
The global financial crisis appears almost certain to scuttle plans to introduce a paid maternity leave scheme in this year’s federal budget…
Peak employer group the Australian Industry Group has stepped up the attack on the Rudd Government’s Fair Work bill, claiming Labor does not…
