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Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... Serious tax reform in finance is likely to be progressed in the next term of federal government according to Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen. Speaking to the AFR Tax Reform Summit, Bowen said the change in federal government leadership was close to the ...

Scrapping LISC was shameful and retrograde: Bowen

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... retrograde and regrettable government policy decision made since the establishment of superannuation," Labor Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said. Bowen slammed the measure as "shameful" and added that the outcome of it has been "terrible" for low income ...

Super board changes ignore past lessons: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Federal Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen believes proposed governance changes to superannuation fund boards ignore the lessons learnt from the HIH disaster. Speaking at the Financial Services Council annual conference, Bowen quoted Justice Neville Owen ...

Labor demands to see Treasury papers on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... tax reforms on four occasions, with the last being on 22 April 2015, the same day Labor announced its plans. Shadow Treasurer, Chris Bowen, said the Prime Minister can't be trusted on superannuation, saying one thing publicly, but preparing to do another ...

Labor now opposes advice Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... ANZ Bank, Macquarie Bank and, most recently, IOOF had engaged in unethical and/or unlawful activity." However, shadow treasurer Chris Bowen said in a statement that "Labor will not be supporting this motion at this time." This represents a change of ...

Shadow Treasurer will go to election over super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
Federal Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen is prepared to table changes to superannuation tax concessions in parliament prior to an election. Bowen made the call in his recent budget reply speech at the National Press Club where he reiterated the current ...

Superannuation tax concessions unsustainable: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
Federal Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said Labor's superannuation policy might not be universally popular but it was a better alternative to the coalition's decision to leave super alone. In a recent radio interview with ABC, Bowen labeled current superannuation ...

Opposition welcomes SME package, slams Google tax

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has given his backing to small business tax cuts made in the budget but has branded the so-called crack-down on multi-nationals "a cop out". "We welcome the small business package," he told the ABC's Leigh Sales. "We support ...

Labor asks for bipartisan consensus on FSI super issues

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen asked the government to work with the opposition to reach "bipartisan consensus on the objectives of the superannuation system," following the release of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) final report. Bowen said that Labor ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... while he faced questions from the Independent Commission Against Corruption in NSW. His future remains unclear. Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen called the mix-up a "farce". "The government shouldn't be putting the Treasury in this position. I think this ...