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Coalition to save $1.6bn via SG delay

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... the increase of the compulsory superannuation guarantee from 9% to 12%. After pressure from Labor shadow treasurer Joe Hockey released a seven-page document that promised the Coalition would make $31.6 billion of savings over the next four years to pay ...

Super council won't prevent Labor tax raids

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has slammed the government's new superannuation proposals saying the new Council of Superannuation Custodians would not bring an end to future tinkering. Details about the independent body are yet to be disclosed, but Treasurer ...

Swan talks up bank reforms for competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... the sector designed to focus on increasing competition, should it win the next election. Last week shadow treasurer Joe Hockey reaffirmed the position, saying it would be extended to the $1.8 trillion funds management sector and include superannuation. ...

Super to eclipse banks as primary lender: Cooper

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... Australia has the regulatory infrastructure needed to make it work successfully. Earlier this week Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey promised a coalition government would investigate the infrastructural risks associated with any future role played by super ...

Speculation grows on super tax breaks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
Two days after opposition Treasurer Joe Hockey said in a landmark interview that Australia needs to end its cult of welfare entitlement, speculation is rising the government is considering a clampdown on untargeted superannuation tax concessions. On ...

Politicians spar over future of superannuation guarantee

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... superannuation guarantee from 9% to 12%. He issued a press release gleefully advertising that the opposition's shadow treasurer Joe Hockey had told the Lower House that the Coalition "strongly supports superannuation". "If you really support superannuation... ...

Future Fund chair back for a year, two new board members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... outspoken advocate of shareholder democracy, at one time insisting on changes to Telstra's board. Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey said the Federal Government should have re-appointed Murray for a full five-year term or looked for someone else. Wayne Swan's ...

Political heat rising on ASX takeover

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... that wouldn't stop the issue becoming heavily politicised. But divisions are already emerging with Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey appearing to question the merits of the deal on the Seven Network this morning. "I want to hear from Wayne Swan why the ASX ...

Industry could face another inquiry

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has called for an in-depth review of the Australian financial system and competition among the big four banks - a move that could trigger another inquiry involving Australia's trillion dollar superannuation industry. Media ...

No super profits tax for banks: Coalition

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... put a super profits for banks, following the Commonwealth Bank's $6.1 billion full-year profit. But shadow treasurer Joe Hockey disagrees with the think tank, and argues that imposing further taxes on banking institutions will only add further costs ...