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BCA call to freeze Budget gets cold shoulder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... loyalty, Gailey's repudiation of the previous Coalition government's fiscal strategy was quickly rejected by Shadow Treasurer, Malcolm Turnbull. "[The BCA] is speaking on behalf of its own constituency & it objects to the fact that a large part of that ...

Another rabbit out of the hat

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
... on inflation. This means rate hikes must follow. No doubt Labor will match play with its own tax cut plans as Shadow Treasurer, Wayne Swan, has already hinted. So if there are many more election rabbits to come out of the hat it's going to be a very ...

Howard flags infrastructure fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... billion, would only equal $173 million. The ALP responded to the proposal by putting out a joint release from Shadow Treasurer Wayne Swan and Shadow Minister for Finance Lindsay Tanner, saying that it simply copied their 'Building Australia Fund' scheme ...

Govt proposes shorter PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... difference in how information is disclosed to investors. It also gazumps a major aspect of reforms proposed by ALP Shadow Treasurer Wayne Swan.

ALP Govt will boost personal contributions: Swan

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
... and the Government slug it out over which Party has the best future plan for the industry and for investors. Shadow Treasurer Wayne Swan told an Australian Super Funds Association Sydney (ASFA) luncheon yesterday that the ALP intends to make superannuation ...

Labor the party of wealth creation: Swan

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
... today hold assets equivalent to 95 per cent of GDP proves that Labor is the real party of wealth creation, said Shadow Treasurer Wayne Swan in a major speech he presented on superannuation earlier this month. "Only Labor had the foresight to introduce ...

FPA challenges ALP to pass "super choice" legislation before Christmas

... Party's position on superannuation choice was outlined in "Superannuation: A Simpler Way," released today by the Shadow Treasurer, Mark Latham, and the Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings, Senator Nick Sherry. Ms Smith said superannuation ...

ALP launches new superannuation plan, emphasising simplicity

The Australian Labor Party's shadow treasurer Mark Latham and Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings Senator Nick Sherry have announced ALP's superannuation policies that are aimed primarily at simplifying the country's superannuation system. ...

Labor announces launch of book on simplifying the superannuation system

The Shadow Treasurer Mark Latham and Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings Senator Nick Sherry have announced the joint release of the first chapter of "Simple Super" on 13 November at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

ALP to lift veil on super strategy

ALP shadow treasurer Mark Latham will next week begin to spell out in detail the Federal Opposition's plans for the superannuation industry, as part of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA's) annual conference to be held in Brisbane. ...