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The Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, today launched a free information resource which provides rural Australians with consumer information from a range of Gover

The Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, today announced plans to free up the ownership limits on the Australian Stock Exchange.

The Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, has welcomed the joint Reserve Bank of Australia and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission study on the

The Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, has approved an application submitted under the Corporations Law by BSX Limited to operate as a stock exchange in

The Sydney Olympic Games have provided Australia with enormous opportunity to further its plans to become a global financial centre, Joe Hockey, the Minister for Financial Services & Re

DID YOU KNOW Australia has a growing corporate bond market

DID YOU KNOW Australia leads the world in share ownership Australia has the highest rate of per capita shareownership in the world.

DID YOU KNOW Secure e-commerce facilities

DID YOU KNOW… Consumers are embracing managed funds

The Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, Joe Hockey, today moved to boost competition in the Australian Capital Territory's gas industry by certifying its Third Party Access Regi

DID YOU KNOW … Our finance sector is bigger than mining

DID YOU KNOW... Australia's dynamic IT&C sector

DID YOU KNOW... More Australians are choosing to shop online

DID YOU KNOW … Australia is an education exporter

DID YOU KNOW … Deep and liquid debt markets

DID YOU KNOW Outstanding e-commerce infrastructure

DID YOU KNOW … Australians are keen users of technology

The Australian business community must not waste the opportunity to promote Australia as a global financial centre during the Sydney 2000 Games, the Minister for Financial Services & Re

Today's ACCC reports show that good management will always perform better than scaremongering, the Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, said today.

The Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, today welcomed Executive Vice Chairman Wang Chun Zheng of China and his delegation to the China Australia Economic and Financial Ma