Consumer confidence in super is key: ShortenBY LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013 12:45PMThe Minister of Financial Services Bill Shorten Shorten encouraged politicians from all sides to "make the right decisions so the superannuation system remains strong, stable and settled" at an industry gathering last week. |
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This guy is unbelievable.
Dead man walking.
Is this guy for real? It was only a few weeks back that the Labor Party said that they would be looking into Superannuation as a way of balancing the budget !
Can we please have someone from Governement that at least understands Superannuation - that would be a good start !!!
This man is a joke. Only a few weeks ago he proposed altering the tax for member balances over $800k - $1m. Stability will come when he is out of the portfolio and in opposition.
Yeh, of course, handing it off to Fair Work Australia to select a bunch of default funds run by your mates is OK then?