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Abbott's PPL scheme to cost retirees $1.6 billion in hidden tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... unintentional - it is by no means insignificant. According to costings carried out by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on the Greens' very similar scheme, ruling out franking credits would save the government between $1.4 and $1.6 billion. The PBO ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... limiting spending somewhere else. We can debate the pros and cons of this plan but only the ALP and the Coalition and the Greens would give two hoots about this at this juncture - oh sorry, they are already making so much noise about this. But it's just ...

Greens hold the key to TASA in Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... Services Act (TASA) and if the bill is approved, the key to the final voting in the Senate could be in the hands of the Greens. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard that the organisation expects ...

FPA, AFA to lobby MPs for TASA delay

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... overload on the industry, the businesses and the licensees." The FPA also said that it would be meeting the independents, the greens, the opposition and the government to gather support to remove TASA from the bill and allow industry and Treasury a further ...

Greens propose scaled super contribs tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... setback many people in their mid-fifties suffered in the GFC while working towards a fairer outcome over time," she said. The Greens estimate such a policy would raise $2.9 billion annually and more than $10 billion over four years. "With a sensible ...

ACT prohibits guns & smokes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... shareholder engagement principles rather than negative screening, he said. The minority Labor government in the ACT means the Greens will need the support of the Liberal Party for these extended provisions to pass the ACT's unicameral parliament. The ...

Greens plan to fell Westpac-backed logging

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... Banksia Environmental Foundation, which administers the Prime Minister's environmental award with government funding. The Greens also used the motion to call on the Government to engage with Westpac on ending links with Solomon Islands forestry in addition ...

Future Fund defends tax havens

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... Luxembourg. The fund asserted its independence at yesterday's inquiry - defending itself against a bill put to Parliament by the Greens which would see it forced out of several contentious investments. The Greens' 'responsible investment' push would ...

Foreign MIS tax legislation delayed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... treasurer Mathias Cormann responded, claiming the federal government had misled constituents and caved to pressure from the Greens Party. In a statement yesterday, Cormann said "Business cannot invest with confidence when the government clearly has no ...

What price surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... warmed the seat Bob Brown vacated last week and she's already off to a firing start. Don't blame Julia and Swan (and the Greens?), they've been locked in into delivering the "promised" surplus by 2012/13. "It's actually Tony Abbott and the 'Juliar' community ...

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Aware Super hires head of corporate development

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The $175 billion superannuation fund welcomed its first head of corporate development as it looks to be a "merger partner of choice" in the industry.

Link Group rebrands as acquisition completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
Link Group announced its new name ahead of delisting from the ASX at today's market close.

Crescent Capital sells down ClearView stake

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ClearView has been alerted that Crescent Capital wishes to sell a major share in the company.

Social media influencers charged for promoting shady investments

ANDREW MCKEAN
Reality TV stars from shows like Love Island, Geordie Shore, and The Only Way Is Essex are due to face Court for pushing unauthorised investment schemes on their followers.

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