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OPINION: What to do with the Tax White Paper!

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... of submissions that have come into that. But the timing is something you have to consider carefully. When the Howard Government and Peter Costello did this it did take around about, Peter tells me, 18 months from start to finish through going through ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... "restore traditional Cabinet government." "The gold standard of good Coalition Cabinet government was during the Howard government and as you are aware, Arthur was at the centre of that as John Howard's chief of staff for over a decade," the Prime Minister ...

Greens strike pension test deal with coalition

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... who said pension payments will be redirected to those who most need income support. "The Greens opposed the Howard government changes to pensions back in 2007. Now we're restoring the system to ensure that everyone has a decent retirement," Di Natale ...

The Future Fund is not a super fund: Costello

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... does not tax the dividends of its wealth fund, the Future Fund." Another major difference is that, since the Howard government lost the 2007 election, no government has made a contribution to the Future Fund. This, Costello said, is because the Future ...

Industry funds spend millions on advertising

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... accounts and more money accumulating in their retirement savings." Cbus also pointed to the fact that, since Howard government reforms in 2006, industry funds have been operating in a 'choice' environment, whereby members must compete with retail funds ...

Government scraps Labor's annuities reforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
The government will not proceed with Labor's plan to grant tax concessions to retirement income derived from deferred lifetime annuities (DLAs). Under Labor's proposed legislation announced as part of the 2013-14 budget, DLA earnings would have received ...

Shorten maps out government super legacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... scheme is much more equitable that the co-contribution scheme because it is so much easier to access. "Unlike the Howard Government's co-contribution scheme, which only one in every five of those eligible actually used, 100% of the 3.6 million Australians ...

Next government to reconsider super taxes: Grattan Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Investment Interchange that budget expenditure since the first term of the Howard government in 1996 had been increasing at 3% pa. But in the Howard government's fourth and last term expenditure growth hit 3.5% ...

Gonski to join APS board

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... Cuffe said. Gonski led the Business and Community Partnerships Working Group on Taxation Reform set up by the Howard Government that resulted in a suite of changes to grow philanthropy, including the creation of Prescribed Private Funds (PPFs) in 1999. ...

Business continues to resist 12pct SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... Speaking on ABC radio last week, chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former Howard government industrial relations adviser Peter Anderson, said it is duplicitous to say the superannuation increase is being funded by the ...