Wayne Swan
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ETS changes come at minor cost to budget...but it was still unclear whether they would get a coalition-wide acceptance to allow the legislation to pass this week. Treasurer Wayne Swan warned parliament the longer there was a delay in taking an action on climate change, the greater... In this article: Lindsay Tanner, Cost of living, Climate change, Carbon, Wayne Swan, Coal, and Goods and services |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 4 days ago
Swan talks climate as rate rise looms
As Labor approaches the second anniversary of its election win, Treasurer Wayne Swan is talking about climate change as economic experts forecast another interest rate rise before Christmas. Official business investment data due out this...
In this article: Westpac, Capital expenditure, Small business, Climate change, Melbourne Cup, and Citigroup
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 6 days ago
Green light for higher rates
...assessment by Reserve Bank assistant governor Guy Debelle will reduce pressure on banks to toe the line of Treasurer Wayne Swan if he repeats previous demands that they keep their rate rises in line with increases in the cash rate. With...
In this article: Bad debt, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Sydney, and Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 7 days ago
Reserve clears banks to lift interest rates
...rate from 5.64 per cent to 5.74 per cent in June to bring it into line with that of the National Australia Bank, the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, said it was unjustified and could endanger the effort needed to sustain economic recovery. His...
In this article: Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, and Sydney
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | 7 days ago
Australia outperforming the world: Swan
...latest OECD Economic Outlook provides further evidence that Australia is outperforming the rest of the advanced world, Treasurer Wayne Swan says. In its latest report released on Thursday, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...
In this article: Australia, Unemployment, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, and Paris
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | November 18, 2009
Training will drive recovery: Swan
...the engine room of prosperity and training will be the driving force behind Australia's economic recovery, Treasurer Wayne Swan says. Mr Swan told an audience in Canberra on Wednesday the government, through its stimulus measures, had...
In this article: Unemployment, Australia, Recession, and Canberra
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Sydney Morning Herald - National | November 11, 2009
Swan to launch APEC infrastructure study
Treasurer Wayne Swan will be launching a new expert study on infrastructure when he meets his APEC counterparts in Singapore on Thursday. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) finance ministers meeting will discuss how the region...
In this article: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Global recession, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Australia, and Singapore
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The Australian | November 09, 2009
Swan urged to ditch deficit
...number which at some point in time could roil financial markets somewhat." Particularly if the US economy picked up, Mr Hale said Wayne Swan would come under "tremendous pressure" by March or April next year to accelerate the withdrawal of...
In this article: Kevin Rudd, Inflation, Australian Computer Society, Commonwealth Bank, and AXA
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 08, 2009
Swan says stimulus still necessary
...it was not right the benefits of banking successes are reaped by a few and the costs of failures by everyone. Mr Swan declined to say if he supported the idea. ''We'll see what the IMF has got to say about that proposal,'' he said. ''But...
In this article: Unemployment, Recession, Tax, Timothy Geithner, IMF, Gordon Brown, US, Scotland, and Australia
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The Australian | November 07, 2009
Swan says stimulus to stay given IMF report
G20 finance ministers issue caution with recovery tipped to be sluggish FEDERAL Treasurer Wayne Swan says it is entirely appropriate for the government to continue with its economic stimulus given a "sobering" global backdrop. Mr Swan,...
In this article: International Monetary Fund, Reserve Bank of Australia, Melbourne, and NSW
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | November 04, 2009
Tax review likely to be a 10-year reform plan, Swan says
...with recommendations that are evidence-based and built on sound, best practice tax policy," Mr Swan told a conference in Melbourne today. He said he did not expect the review to contain draft legislation. "We'll consider its recommendation...
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Description from Wikipedia:
Wayne Maxwell Swan (born 30 June 1954) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party (ALP) member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996, and again since 1998, representing the Division of Lilley, Queensland. Following Labor's win at the 2007 election, he became Treasurer of Australia in the First Rudd Ministry.
- Birth Date:
- June 30, 1954
- Birthplace:
- Nambour, Queensland, Australia
- University Attended:
- University of Queensland
- Political party:
- Australian Labor Party
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