Peter Costello
News and interviews on Peter Costello including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Banks go on the attack as Senate approves banking inquiryFriday, 29 October 2010
Banking chief Mike Smith has slammed independent and Opposition senators who have succeeded in their bid to launch an inquiry into the banking sector, despite angry protests from the big four banks. ...
Australia’s dream of becoming a finance hub is over: Gottliebsen
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
And so the dream that Sydney would become the key Asian financial centre is now officially over. The decision by the ASX to recommend that our stock exchange be sold to Singapore passes the baton for that dream to the Singaporeans. ...
SmartCompany's 2010 election scorecard
Thursday, 19 August 2010
It's been an underwhelming election campaign for most entrepreneurs. While both parties have tried to put the economy at the centre of their campaigns, very little has been said about real economic reform that could create and support fast-growing businesses. ...
Kevin’s loss is our gain
Thursday, 01 July 2010
It might be bad news for Kevin Rudd as he slinks out of the lodge with his tail between his legs. But guess what? We get the real Therese back. Remember the entrepreneur Therese Rein? That smart, savvy businesswoman who was a pin-up for Australian female entrepreneurs? ...
Treasurer Wayne Swan promises “no frills” with slim pickings for business
Monday, 10 May 2010
Just days out from the release of his third Federal Budget, Treasurer Wayne Swan has promised the Government will resist the temptation to buy election votes and deliver a "no frills" budget with seemingly few new spending initiatives. ...
Is the China boom an illusion? Gottliebsen
Thursday, 11 March 2010
In just over two months, the government will set out its budgets for 2010-11 and subsequent years. Companies all around Australia are now completing similar tasks. Australian households who have borrowed large sums will have their own budgets. ...
Government’s attack on small business could cost Rudd the election: Gottliesen
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
One man has the potential to single handedly make Tony Abbott Prime Minister of Australia – Assistant Treasurer Nick Sherry. ...
How populist politics threatens business: Gottliebsen
Tuesday, 02 February 2010
Populist policies around the world may be winning the hearts and minds of voters, but they are threatening to undermine the drivers of economic prosperity. As I move around markets, I am currently encountering two sets of nervousness. First there is the conventional ...
The politics of ageing on show in Intergenerational Report: Keane
Monday, 01 February 2010
Intergenerational reports were of course an initiative of Peter Costello as Treasurer, and one of his better ones. Under the Charter of Budget Honesty, they're supposed to be produced by Treasury every five years, and it was only April 2007 that we were treated ...
Nothing to fear, but...
Friday, 11 December 2009
Smart companies planning their inventories and marketing plans for the coming year will be wise to remember the rubric that there is nothing to fear but fear itself. Both of the major parties will be generating a fog of fear that will inevitably dampen ...
This cap is too small for my retirement can I have another that fits?
Monday, 07 December 2009
There are some of the more famous (paraphrased!) quotes from history, "Hitler's a pretty cool dude, I doubt we'll go to war with the likes of him." - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, 1938. "No child will ever live in poverty... soon, sometime in ...
Will UteGate mean business loses the ear of government? Gottliebsen
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Business lobbyists around the country are now realising that, at least in the short term, they will need to modify their approach, particularly to ministers. ...
Labor hits entrepreneurs hard: Gottliebsen
Monday, 25 May 2009
Over the weekend I was contacted by a medium-sized business operator who is worried. He voted for Labor because of the excitement Kevin Rudd delivered at the time and because of the divisions at the top of the Liberal Party. ...
Budget 2009: Two nasty blows
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
A vast number of Australians after hearing Wayne Swan's budget speech will think they have escaped the Treasurer's attacks on higher income earners. ...
The budget's middle class targets: Gottliebsen
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
As I prepare to fly to Canberra for my 35th budget lock up, I find the anticipation no less than the first one. Every budget is like a good play or movie. ...
Emissions trading scheme under attack from Greens and business
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
The Government is bracing for a fight over its emissions trading scheme, with a two-month Senate inquiry set up by the Coalition and the Greens almost certain to delay the introduction of the scheme beyond the 30 June deadline. ...
Costello wants protection for small business on unfair dismissal
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Former treasurer Peter Costello has called on the Federal Opposition to step up its attack on the Rudd Government's Fair Work bill, hitting out at changes that would see the threshold for exemption from unfair dismissal drop from 100 employees to just 15. ...
Good news weak
Friday, 27 February 2009
The pullout of Pacific Brands, the likely rise of over 250,000 on unemployment benefits, and the howls of derision from Malcolm Turnbull and Joe Hockey might lead you to believe that Peter Costello's warning of a financial tsunami was actually a bit underdone. ...
The real reason Peter Costello has dragged out his departure – his book launch
Thursday, 11 September 2008
At last Peter Costello has declared his hand. He won’t run for leadership and he is planning to leave politics. Critics point out that this has been his agenda all along, but he has kept the nation, his party and his supporters guessing to garner publicit ...
Climate issues could give Costello his chance: Gottliebsen
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Peter Costello and carbon credits were two areas of intense debate in private discussions at Australian Leadership Retreat at Hayman Island. ...
