Julia Gillard Prime Minister
Julia Gillard: Prime Minister. The latest news on Australia's first female Prime Minister
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK: Get the glitches out of your systemThursday, 24 May 2012
Facebook floated last week, but that wasn’t the only tech story of the day – Nasdaq suffered a major technical glitch that stopped investors from being able to buy shares. ...
Qantas cuts 500 jobs and splits into two arms: Midday roundup
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Qantas has announced a major restructure, which will see it split its operations into separate domestic and international businesses with their own management. ...
Trade deficit expands during March: Midday roundup
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
Australia's trade deficit expanded during March, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ...
Good idea, shame about the details
Monday, 07 May 2012
You get the feeling there will be plenty of bad news in the Federal Budget, given the way Treasurer Wayne Swan and Prime Minister Julia Gillard have been strategically leaking the good news in recent days. ...
Calls for industrial relations overhaul as speculation mounts over Budget cuts and gains
Thursday, 03 May 2012
Business chiefs are urging the Federal Government to use next week’s Budget to overhaul Labor’s industrial relations system, while there are indications ahead of the Budget that the childcare rebate will stay but superannuation tax benefits might be cut. ...
Business groups call for an end to “green tape”
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
The business community has risen up against “green tape”, asking Julia Gillard and the premiers to scrap “futile” green energy schemes and warning environmental regulations are jeopardising $900 billion in resources and infrastructure projects. ...
Don’t forget SMEs
Wednesday, 08 September 2010
As the business community scrambles to welcome the new Labor government, there are a few worrying signs that it’s going to be very hard to get SME matters on the national agenda. ...
Business groups jostle for attention of new Labor government
Wednesday, 08 September 2010
The uncertainty is over, and now the lobbying can begin. That is the message from Australia's business community, which have welcomed the chance to work with Prime Minister Julia Gillard's new minority Labor government and have already started pushing to a ...
THE LIGHTER SIDE: Gillard's first interview
Friday, 02 July 2010
Clarke and Dawe score the "first" interview with our new fire-engine-red-headed PM, Julia Gillard. ...
Business welcomes Julia Gillard’s Cabinet appointments
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Business has welcomed Prime Minister Julia Gillard's cabinet appointments, saying new workplace relations minister Simon Crean will be well placed with his extensive experience in previous governments. ...
Why the miners can afford to stand firm on the RSPT – and why Gillard has to do a deal: Gottliebsen
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Australia's mining tax blunder is getting more serious by the day. That the tax has resulted in the need to remove the Prime Minister, a man who 'saved' the nation from the global financial crisis, has underlined the stupidity of the policy in Asian capital ...
Gillard announces cabinet reshuffle
Monday, 28 June 2010
Simon Crean will take over Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s portfolios of education, employment and workplace relations as part of a series of minor changes to Gillard first ministry as PM. ...
Mixed messages
Monday, 28 June 2010
After last week's tumultuous political events, there are probably plenty of people hoping for a more quiet period from Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott. ...
Why Gillard shouldn’t make Rudd a minister: Gottliebsen
Monday, 28 June 2010
If Julia Gillard appoints Kevin Rudd as Foreign Minister it would mean that she had taken two enormous punts in the first week of her government. The first punt was to make Wayne Swan Deputy Prime Minister given his role in promoting the disastrous mining tax ...
Gillard’s first message for SMEs
Friday, 25 June 2010
New Prime Minster Julia Gillard did it again this morning, emphasising that a key reason for her decision to seize the leadership from Kevin Rudd was a need to "protect workers’ rights" from being attacked by Coalition leader Tony Abbott. ...
Business groups welcome Gillard’s promise to consult
Friday, 25 June 2010
Business groups have welcomed Julia Gillard's promise to take a more consultative approach to policymaking, with the controversial Resources Super Profits Tax the first major test for the Government's apparent new style. ...
Lindsay Tanner says resignation not due to leadership battle
Friday, 25 June 2010
Finance minster Lindsay Tanner says his decision not to contest the next election was driven by a desire to spend more time with his young family, and had nothing to do with Julia Gillard snatching the Labor leadership from Kevin Rudd. ...
Why Julia Gillard needs a mini-budget to clean up Swan’s mess: Kohler
Friday, 25 June 2010
Julia Gillard's biggest and most immediate problem is her deputy, Wayne Swan, and specifically the budget he brought down six weeks ago. ...
Shares remain flat after Gillard announced as PM: Economy Roundup
Thursday, 24 June 2010
The Australian sharemarket has opened only slightly higher after Julia Gillard was announced as the nation's first female prime minister, as investors await to see what her position will be on crucial issues including the resources super profits tax. ...
Gillard will call election in the “coming months”, will negotiate on Resources Super Profits Tax
Thursday, 24 June 2010
New Prime Minster Julia Gillard says she will call a Federal election in the "coming months" and says the Government is willing to negotiate on the controversial Resources Super Profits Tax. ...
