Former federal Treasury secretary Ken Henry will take the helm of National Australia Bank’s board when chairman Michael Chaney retires at its next annual general meeting in December.
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THE findings of a two-year Senate investigation into Australia’s long-term energy needs will be deferred to allow a committee to quiz Treasury secretary Ken Henry over the planned resource super profits tax.
The Rudd government’s commitment to the resource super profits tax rests on its faith in tax architect Ken Henry. But holes in even some of the simplest statements by the Treasury chief have cast doubt over the assumptions underpinning the tax.
Treasury secretary Ken Henry has challenged the belief that Australia's mining industry saved the nation's economy during the GFC, telling a Senate hearing Canberra's economic policies were more to thank for the survival.
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