By Julian Bajkowski Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced that the head of Treasury, Martin Parkinson PSM, will stand down from his job in April 2014, along with three other department heads, in the first tranche of what is expected to be a substantial reshuffle of department heads under the new government. Announced as part […]
18 September, 2013
By Julian Bajkowski Queensland councils have cautiously welcomed the Newman government’s second budget for the state, breathing a collective sigh of relief that local governments appear to have been spared much feared spared funding cuts after natural disasters and falling revenue receipts depleted Treasury coffers. After a tumultuous first year that saw massive public service […]
5 June, 2013
By Julian Bajkowski Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has delivered a Budget crowned by a gaping $18 billion deficit and underpinned by future “responsible, targeted” savings projections of $43 billion to be delivered by Finance Minister Penny Wong in what could become a largely decorative set of numbers following the federal election in just four-months. After […]
14 May, 2013
By Julian Bajkowski In a strong sign that bipartisan support is mounting for a crackdown on transfer pricing tax schemes, Opposition Communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull has come out swinging against multinational technology companies that generate billions of dollars of revenue in Australia but pay proportionally miniscule amounts of tax here through transfer pricing arrangements. The […]
21 February, 2013
By Julian Bajkowski The Federal government has pressed ahead with a controversial move to allow commercial advertising on government websites after the Bureau of Meteorology called for expressions of interest to supply advertising services as part of a one-year trial. Tender documents reveal that the government regards the potential market of weather watchers to represent […]
10 September, 2012
By Julian Bajkowski The mining industry has given the cold shoulder to a renewed push from local governments, engineers and the federal bureaucracy to introduce a national ‘user-pays’ road-funding system to arrest the deteriorating state of regional roads. The resources sector now looks unlikey to come on-board with broader federal efforts to reform the revenue […]
22 August, 2012
The Federal Government has welcomed the release of the Garnaut Climate Change Review final report. In a statement, Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, said Professor Garnaut’s independent review was the most comprehensive economic review of climate change since the Stern Review was released in 2006. Senator Wong said Professor Garnaut’s Review shows […]
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