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The former prime minister was speaking to a sold-out crowd of 1500 featuring a who’s who of Queensland Labor at a campaign event last night in Brisbane ahead of the March 24 poll. Mr Keating praised Premier Anna Bligh and Deputy Prime Minister Wayne...
Bolt Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 08:41am Laurie Oakes stays true to Wayne Swan to the very last, but it’s Gillard overboard: Gillard seems to walk into every door, fall into every manhole, put her face in the way of every available pie. Slapstick...
(L to R) Inter-American Development Bank's President Luis Alberto Moreno, World Bank's Managing Director Sri Mulyani, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, South Korea's Finance Minister Bahk Jae-wan and Australia's Finance Minister Wayne Swan arrive... View Photo »
Of course we can expect to see some lumpiness in investment as we go forward due to the massive scale of individual projects
103 Labor MPs and senators undecided. Bill Shorten is safe, it seems. In fact, there’s just one obvious vacancy, and Rudd’s assassin may be just the man to inherit it if he now helps to undo his old treachery: “Kevin isn’t about being vindictive, and...
Finance Minister, Guido Mantega, has said emerging markets should have the right to seek leadership of the World Bank rather than the successor be appointed from a particular country. Oxfam and other leading aid organisations are also arguing that an...
Picture: Marc Robertson Source: The Courier-Mail IN 1993 he pulled off the 'sweetest victory of all' and won what was considered an unwinnable election. Former Prime Minister Paul Keating addressed a 1500-strong crowd of Labor faithful at the 'True...
(Top row, L-R) Wang Jun, deputy finance minister of China, stands with finance ministers Chularat Suteethorn of Thailand, Vuong Dinh Hue of Vietnam, Cesar Purisima of the Philippines, Hong Kong's financial secretary John Tsang, Lee Sush-der of Taiwan, Fumihiko... View Photo »
We’re not immune from what’s going on in the global economy
Mr Keating told News Limited newspapers as he entered the function with Ms Bligh. "The premier is a fighter. "People's minds get affected by the combat, not hers." Former prime minister Kevin Rudd and past Queensland premiers Wayne Goss and Peter...
Picture: Marc Robertson Source: The Courier-Mail IN 1993 he pulled off the 'sweetest victory of all' and won what was considered an unwinnable election. Tonight, former Prime Minister Paul Keating addressed a 1500-strong crowd of Labor faithful at the...
Wayne Maxwell Swan (born 30 June 1954) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party (ALP) member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996, and again since 1998, representing the Division of Lilley, Queensland. Following Labor's win at the 2007 election, he became Treasurer of Australia in the Rudd Cabinet. Full Article
Australia's Finance Minister Wayne Swan (2nd L) laughs next to U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke during the IMF governors family photo of the spring IMF-World Bank meetings in Washington April 16, 2011.
View Photo »Australia's Finance Minister Wayne Swan arrives at the finance ministers and central bank governors group photo of the spring IMF-World Bank meetings in Washington April 15, 2011.
View Photo »A bottle of Foster's beer sits on the bar at the Drop Bear Inn in South Melbourne on November 25, 2011. Australia's government approved brewer SABMiller's Aus$9.9 billion (US$9.62 billion) takeover of Foster's, but with strict conditions that will see key operations remain in the country.
View Photo »Finance ministers and officials pose for the official photo during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in Honolulu. Front row, from left, are New Zealand Minister of Finance Gabriel Gabs, Russian Finance Minister Sergey Storchak, Peru's Finance Minister...
View Photo »Prasarn Trairatvorakul, Governor of the Bank of Thailand, left, speaks with Australian Deputy Prime Minister, and Treasurer Wayne Swan as they attend the International Monetary and Financial Committee during IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington on Saturday, April 16, 2011.
View Photo »Australia's Finance Minister Wayne Swan (2nd L) laughs next to U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke during the IMF governors family photo of the spring IMF-World Bank meetings in Washington April 16, 2011.
View Photo »We recognise that in these uncertain times for the global economy we need to strike the right balance between fiscal discipline and continuing to support job creation and growth, between those who say we should take an axe to the budget and those who tell us to forget about the surplus.
Tony Abbott says we should ignore the European crisis - Andrew Robb and Joe Hockey say the government isn't taking Europe seriously enough
Tony Abbott says we should ignore the European crisis. Andrew Robb and Joe Hockey say the Government isn't taking Europe seriously enough
Over the past month, it seems to have been two steps forward, one step back for Europe
The global economy has already paid a very high price for the failure of Europe to get its house in order. There can be no excuse for further delays and political dithering
Every self-funded retiree and investor can see the effect on our sharemarket
The heightened global volatility is making households more cautious in their spending and businesses more hesitant in their hiring decisions.
The substantial hit to revenues caused by global economic turbulence means we'll have to make some difficult decisions to find savings in the upcoming mid-year economic and fiscal outlook
SABMiller has agreed to a number of undertakings which recognise the significance of Foster's to our economy and to our community, and support Australian jobs
I have taken into account SABMiller’s plans to strengthen Foster’s brand portfolio and work with its local employees to bring its global scale and expertise to the business
The benefits of the resources boom are one step closer to flowing to all Australians
