Wayne Swan
News and interviews on Wayne Swan including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
OECD puts Australia on top of the world, but residential property still a weaknessWednesday, 23 May 2012
Australia is still in a strong financial position, but the residential property market is one of its few weaknesses, according to the latest report from the Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation, which has forecast higher growth rates for the ...
Push for revival of scrapped company tax cuts intensifies
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
The federal government's abandonment of its promised company tax cuts in last week's budget will force business to find new ways to fund a future cut, according to the head of the government's Business Tax Working Group. ...
Loss carry-back "trap" could mean that many businesses will fail to get tax refund, tax experts say
Monday, 14 May 2012
Tax experts have warned of yet another hurdle for businesses to overcome in attempting to claim the loss carry-back tax refund announced in last week's federal budget. ...
FEDERAL BUDGET 2012: 10 eyebrow-raising items that got Government cash
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
Treasurer Wayne Swan’s Budget might have grabbed the headlines for more than $32 billion worth of cuts and savings, but there was still plenty of money for programs and initiatives that are a little unusual. ...
FEDERAL BUDGET 2012: Your sector-by-sector guide
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
The business community can rightly feel that is has been sacrificed at the altar of Wayne Swan’s surplus, with the Government’s decision to kill off Labor’s much-hyped company tax cuts. ...
FEDERAL BUDGET 2012: Wayne Swan's surplus by a thousand cuts
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
Well, he's done it. Treasurer Wayne Swan has kept his political promise to deliver a surplus in 2012-13, with his fifth federal budget set to swing from a deficit of $44.4 billion this year to a tiny surplus of $1.5 billion in 2012-13. ...
Federal Budget 2012: Swan will unveil $1.5 billion surplus in tonight’s “fair go” budget
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
The Treasurer will tonight announce a $1.5 billion surplus in the federal budget, which he says will be "a fair go budget as well" that supports low and middle income earners. ...
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. ...
How Clive Palmer funds his amazing adventures
Monday, 07 May 2012
Clive Palmer's incredible year just keeps getting more and more incredible. Just months after apparently turning the course of the Queensland election, forming a breakaway soccer organisation and attempting to sue the Hyatt hotel chain, Clive has made headlines ...
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. ...
Federal tax receipts down: A budget omen?
Thursday, 03 May 2012
The ATO's latest published taxation statistics show revenues from personal taxation, company taxation and capital gains tax are all down. ...
The “super-sized” rate cut is good news for business, but banks still hesitant
Wednesday, 02 May 2012
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to cut the official interest rate by 50 basis points yesterday has been hailed as “courageous” by economists but they warn for the cuts to have a positive impact, banks need to pass on the central bank cut and consumer ...
RBA slashes, Murdoch crashes
Wednesday, 02 May 2012
Like every treasurer before him, Wayne Swan waited less than half an hour to claim credit for the RBA’s surprise decision to cut rates by 50 basis points. ...
Why Wayne Swan SHOULD use smoke and mirrors to get the Budget back to surplus: Kohler
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Here is my submission for the federal budget: Dear Mr Swan, please ensure that the return to surplus is done with smoke and mirrors. ...
Australians support the resources tax, Swan claims: Midday roundup
Friday, 16 March 2012
Treasurer Wayne Swan has claimed the Federal Government has strong community backing for its resources tax. ...
The RBA can't determine interest rates, but Wayne Swan can: Gottliebsen
Monday, 13 February 2012
One of the pillars of the Australian financial system, the independence of the Reserve Bank of Australia to set interest rates, is crumbling. It will soon be apparent to all that if anyone outside the big banks has the power to set interest rates in Australia, ...
Australians urged to “vote with their feet” on interest rate cuts – but is it really that easy for business customers?
Friday, 09 December 2011
As Treasurer Wayne Swan reminded us this week, Australians can vote with their feet if their bank don't pass on interest rate cuts to their customers. ...
What Wayne Swan didn’t say
Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Wayne Swan was putting a positive spin yesterday’s Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, which is essentially a little end of year budget. ...
Wayne Swan’s surplus-saving mini-budget: 10 key points
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has been forced to swing the axe and cut spending to save Labor's much-promised 2012-13 budget surplus, with this morning's Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook statement revealing a $20 billion drop in revenue over the next four ...
Beyond the gloom
Thursday, 13 October 2011
The world's greatest Treasurer, Australia's very own Wayne Swan, jets of to Paris today for the G20 finance ministers. And he's got a stern message for the financial masters of the developed world. ...
