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Industry leaders urge Abbott to keep super rebate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... with the opening of Parliament today, the 44th in Australia's history. As part of its plans to repeal the mining tax, Tony Abbott and his government recently announced it would scrap the rebate, which is tied up in the same legislation and worth up to ...

BAC chair to speak at CEDA annual dinner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). Dr Maurice Newman was appointed chair of the Business Advisory Council by Tony Abbott in September, but his speech at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney will be his first in this new role. Newman is the former ...

Government to amend FoFA by the end of year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013

Life insurance faces worst conditions in decades

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... also forecasted that "the industry will have to deal with the potential impacts from the 'Son of Wallis' enquiry by the Abbott government, as well as the additional regulatory requirements of Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms and superannuation ...

Prayin' for a taperin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013

Spend, spend, spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... ore prices are again beginning to stir - up 21% from this year's low of US$112 a tonne hit on the 31st of May. Add in the Abbott government's expected abolition of the minerals resource rent tax and we get good motivation to shop for local miners. However ...

Obama says no deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013

Sinodinos aims at "fixing the messes" inherited from Labor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... Australia to have a level playing field between types of super funds. His comments prompted a reaction from Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who made clear that there will be "no adverse changes to superannuation under an incoming Coalition government."

Abbott sticks to his promise on SMSF regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has made clear that he isn't planning to make changes to the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector even after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) red flagged DIY investors' property exposure. "What we said was that there would ...

No bubble fears in commercial property for SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... allowing geared investments through SMSFs could be contributing to a bubble forming in the sector. Today Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a strong housing market was "a good thing" and signaled faith in the RBA to head off over-heating with interest rate ...