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Record tax receipts, record outlays yet back to surplus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... outstanding Commonwealth debt at $534 billion today is more than double the $257 billion it was six years ago when the Abbott Government was elected in 2013, which in-turn was more than four times the $58 billion it was when the Rudd Labor Government ...

Industry Super Australia chief executive resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... become the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws. ISA then stopped these laws being watered down by the incoming Abbott Government, in the face of relentless lobbying by the banks." Whiteley's new role at IFM will be global head, external relations ...

Labor takes aim at executive pay

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... million bonus), and a retirement payout of $10.79 million. Under current Federal disclosure rules, amended by the Abbott government in 2015, minimum requirements for reporting entities financial reporting disclosures of their key management personnel ...

Tax breaks delivered to first home buyers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... loosely based on the Rudd government's first home saver account that were introduced in 2008 but abandoned by the Abbott government, this new scheme will operate very differently as it will be administered by the Australian Taxation Office which will ...

Government debt on its way to $606bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... in Commonwealth government securities on issue. In 2021 these will be more than twice what they were when the Abbott government was elected in 2013, which means that as a share of GDP, this debt has grown from 17% and is on its way to 29%. This means ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... June 2015 which was up 16% or $50 billion through 2013-14. In June 2013, about the time of the election of the Abbott government, total commonwealth government debt (as measured by bond issues outstanding) was $257 billion - meaning government debt has ...

We can do better for women in retirement: Senator

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
Senator Jenny McAllister has renewed calls for federal parliament to include gender analyses every time a policy is put before the country's key decision makers. Delivering the inaugural Mavis Robertson address at the Conference of Major Superannuation ...

No change to super tax subsidy measure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... that the TES significantly overestimates these costs in relation to superannuation and earlier this year the Abbott government agreed to hold an inquiry. The first public hearings were held in August although only 13 submissions were received. But despite ...

Lift preservation age to 65, save $7bn annually

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... government in 2009 lifted the age at which retirees born after 1957 to 67 years can access their age pension. The Abbott government increased this eligibility age to 70 years for people born after 1952.

Labor demands to see Treasury papers on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... can't be trusted on superannuation, saying one thing publicly, but preparing to do another privately. "If the Abbott Government truly has nothing to hide on plans to super tax concessions then there should be no problems releasing these documents," Bowen ...
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