Media releases

The Australian and New Zealand governments have today committed to further business law integration.

Australian business did not try to jack up prices ahead of the introduction of the New Tax System despite Labor's efforts to create fear and confusion, the Minister for Financial Services &

The joint Standing Committee of Attorneys-General and Ministerial Council for Corporations today reached an historic agreement.

The Australian Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, announced today the set up in Australia of a joint venture in business and finance education involving Stanford

Labor finally told the truth today about its rollback policy when frontbencher Joel Fitzgibbon revealed to Parliament the ALP would abolish the $500 million fuel subsidy going to rural Aust

The Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, Joe Hockey, announced today that the Royal Australian Mint will hold a competition for designs of nine 20 cent coins for all Australia's

A majority of the joint meeting of the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General and Ministerial Council for Corporations today agreed in principle to refer power to the Commonwealth to deal

The Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, today called on the States and Territories to do more to make sure consumers were not mislead by petrol retailers who displ

Labor's GST price survey has been exposed as a sham and a con, the Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, said today.

The Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, today called on Labor's Lindsay Tanner to provide the ACCC with any information on price exploitation his survey has found.

The Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, today approved the proposed acquisition of ANZ Grindlays Bank Limited by Standard Chartered PLC.

The Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, today tabled the Government's response to the report on 'Regional Banking Services Money Too Far Away'.

Labor's decision to refer the Financial Sector Legislation Amendment Bill (No.

Labor again showed its duplicitous hand today by blocking a regulation that would have stopped special interest groups from hijacking company meetings.

The Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, today referred Westpac Banking Corporation's price increases to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for investigatio

The Government has secured passage of its legislation that aims to significantly increase protection for workers' entitlements under the Corporations Law, the Minister for Financi

In the light of the uncertainty arising from the High Court's recent decision in R v Hughes, the Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, the Hon Joe Hockey MP, has decided

The Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, today launched a new bank for rural Australia called Elders Rural Bank.

The Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Joe Hockey, today approved the proposed acquisition of the financial services businesses of Lend Lease, including MLC Holding

The Government today announced a new regulation which means more Australian businesses will be protected from unconscionable business conduct.