Former federal treasurer Peter Costello has been named chairman of the Future Fund, while Perth business leader John Poynton has been appointed as a member of the board.
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Premier Alan Carpenter has called on Federal Treasurer Peter Costello, who is visiting Perth today, to allocate more money to the State Government for infrastructure projects.
Since about April, when Liberal strategists began realising they were unlikely to shake-off Kevin Rudd as easily as initially anticipated, they’ve resorted to using a new phrase.
WA Treasurer Eric Ripper will push for the Federal Government to establish a $100 million-a-year infrastructure fund for Western Australia, matching a pre-election commitment from Federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd.
THE federal government has agreed in full or in part to 158 of the 178 recommendations from the Banks Taskforce report Rethinking Regulation: Report of the Taskforce on Reducing Regulatory Burdens on
JOHN Howard this week confirmed he would lead the government to the next federal election and not step aside to allow his long-serving deputy and treasurer, Peter Costello, to take over the reigns.
The latest silly fracas between the nation’s two top Liberals – Prime Minister John Howard and his deputy Peter Costello – over who’ll be king of the castle highlights several troubling features within Liberal ranks.
Treasurer Peter Costello has called for the Commonwealth to take the responsibility for tax, interest rates, industrial relations and ports away from the states.
Virtually since day one of the present century, Australians have been subjected to a steadily increasing stream of media reports on whether and when Prime Minister John Howard, who is not yet 67, will retire.
Just before Anzac Day, several senior federal Liberal MPs had fun slinging off at Labor leader, Kim Beazley, because he’d forgotten, during a radio interview, the names of a few South Australian senators.
Federal treasurer Peter Costello has convened a two-man inquiry into Australia’s tax burden and how it lines-up against so-called “comparable countries”.
