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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... back of positive economic news out of the US, China and Japan. Resources stocks were posting the largest gains, with Tony Abbott's election victory and the coalition's pledge to repeal the mining tax also expected to boost the sector. Japanese shares ...

Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... shut up?" Then Opposition leader, now Australia's 28th Prime Minister (let's dispense with the "elect", shall we?) Tony Abbott was portrayed as an arrogant aggressor when he blurted out these words on 21 August during his leadership debate with then ...

Abbott to announce levy details next week

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
Opposition leader Tony Abbott admits proposed business tax cuts for some companies will be offset by the coalition's paid parental leave levy. But Abbott says most will still be better off. Abbott has confirmed a coalition government will cut the company ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... this. But it's just a plan people -- a policy action that could only see the light of day if, or when, KRudd beats Tony Abbott at the coming elections (whenever that may be). I wonder what else K Rudd has up his sleeves? And this is the point, until ...

Super industry leaders weigh up Rudd's new cabinet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... Treasury was contacted for clarification, but had not returned calls at time of writing. Neither Mathias Cormann's or Tony Abbott's office responded to inquiries as to whether a Coalition government would return the financial services and superannuation ...

Government to update More Super calculator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... time they retire at 67." They also took the opportunity to fire a shot at the opposition, saying, "The only thing Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party are interested in is cutting superannuation to the bone."

Coalition super plan to harm retirees, low income earners

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... inadequate savings according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Last night Opposition Leader Tony Abbott announced in his budget reply speech that a Coalition government would delay the SG increase by two years. AIST chief ...

Coalition will delay SG rise, abolish LICS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
Opposition leader Tony Abbott has delivered his budget reply speech, announcing delays or suspension of superannuation intitiatives that were meant to be funded from taxes that a Coalition government intends repealing should it win office. These initiatives ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... everything else is up on the air and given the certainty of a Coalition win come 14 September, it'll be certainly up to Tony Abbott and his band of cheery men to decide which ones to keep and which ones to throw back at Swannie. The financial markets ...

Abbott super cut to affect low income Australians: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
Around one in three working Australians will be denied up to $500 each year under opposition leader Tony Abbott's plan to cut the Low Income Superannuation Contribution (LISC), minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten said. According ...