Ken Henry
News and interviews on Ken Henry including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Shareholders still don’t understand the pain of Wayne Swan’s banking reforms: GottliebsenMonday, 10 January 2011
It's amazing what can happen to a treasurer in the space of half a year or so. In the first half of 2010 Wayne Swan announced what I believed to be one of the worst thought out taxes ever imposed on the Australian people – the original mining tax. A half a ...
Ken Henry to resign in early 2011, Lend Lease to purchase Valemus: Economy roundup
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Treasury secretary Ken Henry, who spearheaded the Government's major review into tax reform earlier this year, will step down from his post in early 2011. ...
Why Abbott and Gillard can’t forget the global economy: Kohler
Monday, 19 July 2010
"All politics are local", said former US House of Representatives speaker Tip O'Neil, and the 2010 Australian election looks like conforming pretty closely to that aphorism, with two sets of strikingly similar, intensely local policies – so far at least. ...
Government accused of “monumental deceit” over mining tax deal
Tuesday, 06 July 2010
The Opposition has attacked the Government's new mining tax deal after Treasury Secretary Ken Henry admitted the Federal Government had assumed a significant rise in commodity prices to justify its claim that the new watered-down tax deal would only result ...
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 ...
How Kevin Rudd’s resources tax could cost Kerry Stokes millions: Gottliebsen
Wednesday, 02 June 2010
When Kerry Stokes agreed to cancel 15 million Seven Group shares if the WesTrac Caterpillar dealership operation he was selling to Seven Group did not meet its profit forecast for the 2011 financial year, he set out three force majeure events that could nullify ...
The RSPT could cost Rudd at election time: Gottliebsen
Friday, 28 May 2010
The surge in global share markets, commodities and the Australian dollar comes partly because China appears to be moving in behind Europe's efforts to contain the crisis. The rise also takes some heat out of the mining tax debate but, if anything, the resolve ...
HENRY TAX REVIEW: Cut in company tax to 28%
Sunday, 02 May 2010
The Government has ignored Ken Henry’s recommendation to reduce company tax to 25%. However, the Federal Government will reduce the company tax rate from 30% to 29% for the 2013-14 income year and to 28% from the 2014-15 income year. ...
The SME Henry Tax Review wish list
Friday, 30 April 2010
The release of the Henry Tax Review on Sunday is the most important tax policy event in a generation. ...
What to expect from the Henry Tax Review
Friday, 30 April 2010
With just two days to go until the Federal Government unveils its long-awaited response to the Henry Tax Review, tax and business experts are announcing what they expect to see in the big reveal. ...
The Rudd Government must not waste this new boom: Kohler
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Suddenly, just a year after being in a funk about the GFC, Australia’s leadership must deal with amazing prosperity. ...
Concerns grow at Henry Tax Review delay
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
The Government should no longer delay its response to the Henry Tax Review, with tax experts calling for its release before the May Budget so that it can be properly scrutinised by industry groups. ...
A beacon of hope in the gloom: Kohler
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
It's getting harder and harder to shake off this feeling that Australia is entering a new golden age. ...
End of the tyranny of distance?
Monday, 08 March 2010
For me, it all started with yabbies. When I first joined the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) I met a remarkable woman called Mary Nenke, from the wheat belt town of Western Australia. ...
Why small business fears contractor chaos: Gottliebsen
Thursday, 04 March 2010
The big response to my revelation that Assistant Treasurer Nick Sherry was endorsing a plan that would plunge large segments of the Australian small business community into chaos has added a new dimension to discovering whether there is a fundamental change ...
We need to wake up – the world’s huge debt binge is becoming frightening: Kohler
Friday, 12 February 2010
Ken Henry and David Gruen of Treasury should spend less time sneering at Barnaby Joyce and more time contemplating the unfolding calamity in Europe, and coming to grips with what's really going on in Australia. ...
Good one, Glenn
Friday, 05 February 2010
As the nation heads for the silly season of an election year, it's only appropriate to recognise the wisdom of Tony Abbott and the folly of Barnaby Joyce in their respective relationships with our top public servants. ...
Let's not be complacent - Australia faces three great challenges: Kohler
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Australia is facing a flood of economic issues in 2010. If you thought everything was okay, think again. ...
Shares fall 2% on Obama’s banking regulation proposal: Economy Roundup
Friday, 22 January 2010
The Australian sharemarket has dropped 2% this morning after Wall Street stocks fell by a similar amount due to fears president Barack Obama's new financial regulation plans will put unwanted restrictions on the banking sector. ...
Tax breaks for older workers flagged by Treasury Secretary Ken Henry
Friday, 22 January 2010
Treasury Secretary Ken Henry, the man in charge of the review of Australia's tax regime, has given the strongest indication yet that he will push for changes to Australia's personal tax system to encourage older and productive workers to stay in the labour ...
