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Super tax is a 'wealth tax': Taylor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... was a key component of the original practice legislated in 1993, and it will remain critical under a future coalition government and to support choice individual flexibility and simplicity of regulation for Australians who choose to utilise it."

NSW Premier promises 'future fund' for children

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... significant financial security investment in our state's history," he said. The commitment would see a Coalition Government pay parents an initial $400 for children aged 10 and under and match their future contributions with up to $400 every year ...

Investment bonds offer refuge amid super changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... change isn't new. In fact, changes to the super system have been consistent over the years, with the previous Coalition government implementing several changes, including the $1.6 million transfer balance cap and the introduction of concessional, and ...

Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
The government has blamed its predecessor for inheriting a budget burdened by $1 trillion in gross debt and deficits projected for at least the next decade. Consequently, new fiscal policies have largely been offset for this year and the next. "We face ...

Super Guarantee increases now ironclad

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
The super industry has welcomed the Prime Minister's re-election promise that a Coalition government will lift the Superannuation Guarantee to 12% as legislated. The Prime Minister has said he "stands by" the currently legislated 12% increase and ...

Low wage growth a deliberate design feature: ACTU

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
An ACTU report has blasted the Coalition government for the consistent entrenchment of low wage growth. The Morrison missing in action on wages report shows that over the entire term of the Morrison government, real wages have fallen by 2.3%. This is ...

Hume commits to 12% SG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... earns less than that amount a month. "We welcome the minister giving an ironclad commitment that a re-elected coalition government would not alter the super guarantee increase in any way," ISA chief executive Bernie Dean said. He added his support for ...

YFYS on its way to Senate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... products in the performance tests. The bill will now be considered by the Senate mid-June. In the Senate, the coalition government holds 36 of the total 76 seats, while Labor has just 26. A bill needs 30 votes to pass or 38 to block. Greens, who sided ...

Senator remains firm on FASEA extension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... bill was necessary so that these companies were not allowed to engage in aggressive tax minimisation. "The Coalition Government opposed the amendment, despite Senator Hume not being able to give any policy reason for doing so," Patrick said in the email. ...

Government ignored ASIC over LIC carve-out

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... week under a freedom of information request made by The Australian Financial Review, ASIC pleaded with the Coalition government not to expand the stamping fee carve-out in the FoFA laws in late 2013. The expansion of the carve-out was designed to allow ...
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