Malcolm Turnbull
News and interviews on Malcolm Turnbull including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
NBN to confirm more construction delays, but analysts say Coalition win no threatThursday, 24 May 2012
The National Broadband Network is falling behind and has suffered a number of construction delays, chief executive Mike Quigley is expected to confirm in front of Parliament later tonight. ...
Conroy pushes for tax on tech giants
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has warned technology giants that the Federal Government will be coming after them, saying at the CeBIT conference in Sydney it has plans to start taxing Google and other international companies at a much higher ...
Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator shows signs of faltering recovery: Midday roundup
Monday, 21 May 2012
Economy-wide spending rose in April but at the slowest pace in seven months, raising questions about Australia's path of recovery. ...
How does Tony Abbot’s climate change plan compare with the Government’s? A SmartCompany Q&A
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
After dramatically grabbing the Liberal leadership from Malcolm Turnbull last year on the issue of climate change, Opposition leader Tony Abbott has unveiled his own plan to reduce Australia's carbon emissions by 5% by 2020. ...
Tony Abbott to announce Opposition climate change policy
Tuesday, 02 February 2010
Federal Opposition leader Tony Abbott has announced plans for a $2.5 billion emissions reduction fund in order to reduce carbon levels by 2020 and ensure consumers do not bear the burden of paying for climate change. ...
Australia needs to answer some big climate change questions: Gottliebsen
Thursday, 28 January 2010
The decision by the government to propose a 5 per cent emissions reduction, but to offer more cuts if other key countries take that step, shows that the environmental debate in Australia is maturing. Australia, with no nuclear generation and a major coal-driven ...
A wrap up of 2009
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
As 2009 draws to a close, SmartCompany's publisher Amanda Gome and I look back on the past year, with a lowdown on the economy, politics, industrial relations, growth and the impending skills shortage. ...
Failure at Copenhagen prompts Opposition attack on Government
Monday, 21 December 2009
The failure of delegates at the Copenhagen climate change summit to reach a binding resolution has fuelled Opposition attacks on prime minister Kevin Rudd, potentially threatening attempts to reintroduce an emissions trading scheme. ...
Why Rudd's the biggest loser: Kohler
Monday, 21 December 2009
There are few national leaders in the world who had more at stake in Copenhagen last week than Kevin Rudd. He and his government managed to manoeuvre themselves into having the most to lose if things didn't pan out – apart from the government of Denmark. ...
Back on the agenda
Wednesday, 09 December 2009
Descriptions of Tony Abbott's new cabinet as a lurch to the right are hardly surprising and not far off the mark – after all, many of the most hardline characters of the Howard Government have suddenly been thrust back into the spotlight. ...
Tony Abbott announces front bench, Ciobo replaced by Billson as small business spokesperson
Tuesday, 08 December 2009
Federal opposition leader Tony Abbott has announced the small business ministry has been dumped from the front bench, with Steve Ciobo to be replaced by sustainable development spokesman Bruce Billson. ...
Now Rudd can build a new, better emissions trading scheme: Kohler
Wednesday, 02 December 2009
Before yesterday, Australia was going to end up with an emissions trading scheme that is basically the same as the United States' model; after yesterday we will end up with the same thing, except with more compensation for the losers because they have been ...
How Rudd sucked Turnbull into destroying the Opposition: Gottliebsen
Tuesday, 01 December 2009
The real reason why Malcolm Turnbull is in so much trouble is that he agreed to a bad emissions trading deal which pleased nobody, except the Rudd Government who used the legislation to drive their opponents into the dust. ...
Tony Abbott elected leader of the Liberal Party
Tuesday, 01 December 2009
Tony Abbott has been elected leader of the Liberal Party after beating Malcolm Turnbull by one vote in a party-room vote. ...
Abbott avalanche
Tuesday, 01 December 2009
Tony Abbott's first press conference as leader of the Federal Opposition was actually pretty impressive. His direct and jargon-free way of speaking went down well, he admitted to making mistakes in the past and, in a little win for business, he even lashed ...
Joe Hockey emerges as favourite in battle for the Liberal Party leadership
Monday, 30 November 2009
Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey could become the new leader of the Liberal Party tomorrow, despite previously saying he would support current leader Malcolm Turnbull. The potential takeover comes after Tony Abbott, who resigned his front bench position ...
Australian shares fall nearly 3% over Dubai fears: Economy Roundup
Friday, 27 November 2009
The Australian sharemarket has plummeted over 2.8% this morning after investor confidence was shattered by reports from Dubai regarding the region's debt problems. ...
Liberal Party in meltdown as Joe Hockey emerges as new leadership contender
Friday, 27 November 2009
Federal Liberal Party leader Malcolm Turnbull appears certain to face a fresh leadership challenge on Monday after a number of senior Liberals resigned from Shadow front bench. But the question remains: who will take on Turnbull? ...
The emission trading scheme will be a disaster for business: Gottliebsen
Friday, 27 November 2009
Finally the full horror of Kevin Rudd's carbon trading legislation for business is starting to dawn on at least some Liberal Party politicians. In the National Party Barnaby Joyce was way ahead of them. The more I look at the legislation the more I realise ...
Malcolm Turnbull survives leadership challenge
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Federal Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull has survived a leadership challenge from Liberal MP Kevin Andrews, winning a party room secret ballot 48 to 35. ...
