By economics correspondent Stephen Long for PM Economists have joined the
Federal Government in branding Senator Joyce's comments irresponsible,
especially at a time when financial markets are jittery and overseas investors
might take his comments seriously. Credit ratings agencies that
Less than one per cent of the $65 billion Future Fund is invested in peripheral
countries of Europe , such as Spain and Portugal, and where there are worries
over sovereign debt levels . General manager of the Future Fund Management
Agency Paul Costello told a Senate estimates
People who purchased Toyota vehicles in the U.S. have filed at least 34 class
action lawsuits against Toyota, seeking damages that range from loss of car
value to a return of profits. Toyota faces at least 12 individual lawsuits
claiming deaths or injuries caused by unwanted acceleration of
In unions’ first major challenge since Papandreou’s Oct. 4 election, teachers,
hospital workers and tax collectors will strike for 24 hours on Feb. 10 as
600,000 public workers oppose his plan to freeze wages and reduce benefits.
Today, the union said it may join a private-sector walkout
The storm of 2010 that was described by some forecasters as “epic” left almost
40 inches of snow in some places. The blizzard led to thousands of power
outages and shut down air traffic along the mid-Atlantic seaboard. The National
Weather Service said an encore storm was forming that
In unions’ first major challenge since Papandreou’s Oct. 4 election, teachers,
hospital workers and tax collectors will strike for 24 hours on Feb. 10 as
600,000 public workers oppose his plan to freeze wages and reduce benefits.
Today, the union said it may join a private-sector walkout
Gary Toomey . . . on the charge. Illustration: John Shakespeare But since
becoming chief executive of Airlines PNG in June last year, the Toomey star
appears to be on the rise in Papua New Guinea. Toomey has thrown his weight
behind the rugby league-mad nation's bid to get a team in the
However, a secretive gala dinner at the Art Gallery of NSW to mark the event
last night attracted a who's who of Australia's political and business world.
Bankers rubbed shoulders with celebrated economic figures. Past prime ministers
from both sides of the political divide gathered to drink a
TREASURER Wayne Swan abandoned politics last night to pay tribute to his
Coalition predecessor Peter Costello. Speaking to central bankers from around
the world, who gathered in Sydney to commemorate the Reserve Bank's 50th
birthday, Mr Swan said Mr Costello and former prime minister John
Unlikely praise ... Janette and John Howard. Photo: Wolter Peeters THE federal
Treasurer, Wayne Swan, set aside party politics last night to pay tribute to
his Coalition predecessor Peter Costello. Speaking to the central bankers
gathered to commemorate the Reserve Bank's 50th
By economics correspondent Stephen Long for PM Economists have joined the
Federal Government in branding Senator Joyce's comments irresponsible,
especially at a time when financial markets are jittery and overseas investors
might take his comments seriously. Credit ratings agencies that
