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Penny Wong

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  1. Wong warns banks over lending rates
    Sky News Australia 4 days ago

    Minister Penny Wong has warned retail banks to carefully consider their customers and the wider community when making decisions on lending rates amid fears they could rise. The Reserve Bank of Australia on Tuesday left the official cash rate unchanged...

  2. Wong warns banks over rates
    Sky News Australia 4 days ago

    Minister Penny Wong hopes retail banks think carefully about their customers and the wider community when making decisions on lending rates, amid fears increases may be on the way. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left the official cash rate...

  3. Joe cannot say with any credibility that he can deliver a bigger surplus or an earlier surplus
    – Penny Wong SOURCE: Ninemsn 2 months ago
  4. What a stitch up: Julia Gillard gets the needle
    The Canberra Times 4 days ago

    The Prime Minister has given finance minister Penny Wong and her partner Sophie Allouache a small brown woolen cardigan that she knitted herself for the baby daughter they had last year. The cardie - and the fact Ms Gillard had the time to knit it -...

  5. Gillard doesn't play gender card: Wong
    Ninemsn logo Ninemsn 4 days ago

    Minister Julia Gillard had never complained of sexism to seek sympathy and would never do so, Labor frontbencher Penny Wong says. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has accused Australia's first female prime minister of playing the "sexism card" to boost her...

  6. No plans to swap to the lower house, says Wong
    The Age logo The Age 4 days ago

    Penny Wong says she has no plans to swap to the lower house, despite suggestions that she could be prime minister one day. During her address to the National Press Club this afternoon, the Finance Minister said she was very privileged to have been...

  7. This is despite the fact that Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has repeatedly claimed the dodgy costings were an audit
    – Penny Wong SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 2 months ago
  8. Q&A - Has Penny Wong Sold Out on Gay Marriage?
    YouTube Logo YouTube Videos 18 months ago
  9. Bureau predicts we won’t remember its last prediction
    Herald Sun logo Herald Sun 5 days ago
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    In Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane , water supplies are so low they need desalinated water urgently, possibly in as little as 18 months.

  10. Wong must oversee NBN costs: Robb
    Ninemsn logo Ninemsn 5 days ago

    But Senator Wong had not said whether the contracts represented value for money. "What red-flag mechanisms are in place to alert Penny Wong to potential NBN Co activities that may not present best-value outcomes?" Mr Robb said in a statement. "What...

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About Penny Wong

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Penelope "Penny" Ying-yen Wong (Traditional Chinese:黃英賢,Hanyu Pinyin:Huáng Yīngxián; born November 5, 1968), Australian Labor Party politician, is the current and first Australian Minister for Climate Change and Water. She has been a member of the Australian Senate since 2002, representing South Australia. Wong is the first openly gay member,... Full Article

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  1. Joe cannot say with any credibility that he can deliver a bigger surplus or an earlier surplus
    – Penny Wong SOURCE: Ninemsn 2 months ago
  2. This is despite the fact that Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has repeatedly claimed the dodgy costings were an audit
    – Penny Wong SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 2 months ago
  3. Given the tight fiscal conditions and future budget pressures, it's increasingly important that the public service continues to play its part
    – Penny Wong SOURCE: Stuff.co.nz 2 months ago
  4. We've seen some $20 billion written down off government revenue - less money coming into government as a result of the weaker global economy - and that's one of the things we have to grapple with
    – Penny Wong SOURCE: The Daily Telegraph 2 months ago
  5. As a matter of logic that will flow through, for example, to capital gains tax
    – Penny Wong SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 2 months ago
  6. He's talked a lot, he hasn't delivered anything: not a single policy, not a single costing that has added up
    – Penny Wong SOURCE: The Age 2 months ago
  7. In terms of the various elements that have been agreed, we will provision for them and they will be reflected in the updated figures
    – Penny Wong SOURCE: ABC (Australia) Online 2 months ago
  8. To be able to deliver a high level of care - even with increased funding - we will need to maximise the effectiveness of expenditure. This is not just a matter of cost cutting; it requires new policies and programs that will deliver high quality care
    – Penny Wong SOURCE: The Age 2 months ago
  9. However ... we ought not lose sight of our medium and long-term fiscal challenges
    – Penny Wong SOURCE: The Age 2 months ago
  10. We have taken a number of tough decisions aimed at meeting the near-term fiscal challenge as well as putting the budget on a more sustainable footing for the longer term
    – Penny Wong SOURCE: The Age 2 months ago
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