Julia Gillard
News and interviews on Julia Gillard including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
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. ...
Carbon tax uncertainty should end
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
The excitement of getting the carbon tax through the lower house of Parliament seems to have done magical things. ...
Gina Rinehart ranks higher than Julia Gillard on Forbes’ list of most powerful women
Friday, 26 August 2011
The queen of Australian wealth has trumped the queen of Australian politics on Forbes magazine's list of the world's most powerful women, with Gina Rinehart ranked 19th compared to Prime Minister Julia Gillard's ranking of 23. ...
Gillard’s struggle to sell her carbon plan is getting harder: Kohler
Monday, 18 April 2011
It is becoming clear that the Gillard Government's carbon tax is virtually identical to the Rudd Government's CPRS, at least as far as businesses are concerned. The only differences are bad ones. ...
Why Labor and the unions need to split: Kohler
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
As an individual John Robertson might be a perfectly good leader of the NSW Parliamentary Labor Party, but his union background, and all that now means in NSW, will make it virtually impossible for him to succeed. ...
Gillard holds firm on carbon tax despite poll results: Midday Roundup
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has confirmed the Government will continue on its path towards a carbon tax despite dropping in the polls. ...
Why the carbon price scheme should protect exports: Gottliebsen
Tuesday, 08 March 2011
Julia Gillard and Greg Combet are in danger of falling into the same carbon trap that caught Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong – they do not realise that the Canberra bureaucracy does not have the skills to organise either a carbon tax or an emissions trading scheme. ...
Dangers for the Opposition in backing carbon-pricing protests: Burgess
Friday, 04 March 2011
The people are revolting. Or at least they will be on March 23, when a number of simultaneous public rallies have been organised to 'stop the carbon tax'. ...
How Gillard is “greening” Labor with her carbon price: Kohler
Thursday, 03 March 2011
Julia Gillard's target in declaring war on carbon taxation is not the Coalition, but the Greens. ...
Gillard deserves credit for the giant carbon and NBN reforms: Kohler
Monday, 28 February 2011
At least we can't accuse this Labor Government of being automatons focused entirely on spin, unwilling to produce true reforms like those of the Hawke Government in 1980s. ...
Government to make further spending cuts to pay Yasi damage bill
Friday, 04 February 2011
The cost of Cyclone Yasi has now reached over $1 billion with much of the damage to be felt in the agricultural sector, with the Government saying it will need to make further budget cuts to pay the bills. ...
How the flood levy tax will affect SMEs
Thursday, 03 February 2011
Much has already been written about the proposed flood levy tax. By now we all know that the Government plans to impose a temporary levy tax on the taxable incomes of individuals, to apply for the 2011-12 financial year only, to help fund flood reconstruction ...
Gillard promises new skills scheme: Economy Roundup
Wednesday, 02 February 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has promised to deliver a new jobs program that will help strengthen economic reform and address the skills shortage. ...
Gillard pinpoints productivity gap
Wednesday, 02 February 2011
Many political analysts have commented that Julia Gillard has looked particularly prime ministerial since announcing her Government's flood levy, a reasonable if unnecessary response to Queensland's disaster. ...
The good and bad of Gillard’s flood response – and her $1 billion costings gap: Kohler
Monday, 31 January 2011
The best thing Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced last week was the fast tracking of 457 visas, at a total cost of $0. With 5% unemployment, this should have been done long ago, and should now be made permanent. ...
