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Mudslinging over FASEA extension continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... Financial Advisers for spouting untruths over the path of the FASEA extension bill through the Senate. Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Assistant Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones told Financial Standard that financial advisers should ...

APRA releases fund-level ERS data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... instances of fraud. Applications made via the ATO on Friday, May 8 have already been passed on to super funds, Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar confirmed. Updating its stats, Rest said that as at 10am on May 12 it has paid $886.5 million to 123,022 ...

Taxman simplifies work from home deductions

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... first time due to COVID-19 when it comes to accurately completing their tax return," Minister for housing and assistant treasurer Michael Sukkar said in a statement. "The ATO has undertaken to review these arrangements in line with COVID-19 developments ...

Bill to defer adviser education standards tabled

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
... Representatives today. The bill was circulated by the authority of Michael Sukkar, minister for housing and Assistant Treasurer. It will amend the Corporations Act to defer the transitional timeframes for existing providers of financial advice to comply ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... median wage and salary earners (based on inflation adjusted incomes)," Treasury ministerial submission to the assistant treasurer Stuart Robert eventually said on November 6. Grattan Institute's report made three main recommendations on adequacy ...

Government to close super salary sacrifice loophole

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... against dodgy employers who short change workers' superannuation savings via salary sacrifice contributions. Assistant Treasurer and Housing Minister Michael Sukkar introduced a raft of tax measures under Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Tax Integrity and ...

Politicians dishonest about fraud: VOFF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... are "dishonest" when it comes to handling fraud conduct. In an open letter to Labor's newly minted Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones, VOFF recalled several instances of inconsistent positions adopted ...

Much review about nothing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... industry's big players. "Speaking at the Bloomberg buy-side forum in Sydney recently, the newly-minted Assistant Treasurer for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume, backed Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's ...

Downsizer contributions skyrocket

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... savings into retirement phase. It is not exempt from the Age Pension means test. Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar said: "I am pleased to announce that contributions have reached $1 billion."

Former Link general manager joins Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... was managing director at advisory firm APG Consulting for two years and was chief of staff to the Federal Assistant Treasurer, and worked alongside senators Arthur Sinodinos and Amanda Vanstone. Between 20016 and 2013, he held senior roles at the Insurance ...