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Super governance at centre stage

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... appear to be the first cab off the rank. These reforms look likely to occur in a busy environment for the Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg who has inherited five significant policy processes. There will be a broad based tax review - the Tax White ...

Punitive excess contributions tax removed

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... rates on excess non-concessional contributions made to superannuation funds has passed through the Senate. Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has said the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2014 Measures No.7) Bill will make the "taxation of excess ...

NSW to receive $2 billion infrastructure incentive

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... government will receive $2 billion in incentive payments from the Commonwealth for its infrastructure recycling strategy, Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced. Designed to incentivise NSW Premier Mike Baird's plan to lease 49% of the state's electricity ...

Hockey contemplates first home buyer access to super

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
The superannuation industry has reacted strongly to Treasurer Joe Hockey's comments that suggest the government could allow young Australians access to their superannuation to buy their first home. When asked if people should be able to use their super ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... the HIA trades report for the December quarter is also due out. No major equities news is expected. Meanwhile, fderal Treasurer Joe Hockey attends the AICD Leaders' Edge Lunch. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed flat, as consumer related stocks ...

Economic growth to slow significantly: IGR

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... growth rate of the economy over the next 40 years will be significantly lower than the last 40. In introducing the report Treasurer Joe Hockey said: "It is fantastic that Australians are living longer and healthier lives but we need to address these ...

Productivity Commission to explore financial services exports

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... years, we need to ensure Australia is in the best position to take advantage of the opportunities at our doorstep," Treasurer Joe Hockey and Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Robb said in a joint announcement. "Now is the time to diversify and ...

ECT reforms pass Senate

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... taken eight years," said Meg Heffron, head of customer at Heffron SMSF Solutions, in a tweet shortly after Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced that the legislation change had been passed by the Senate.

Australia and Switzerland agree tax crackdown

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey and Swiss Ambassador Marcel Stutz have agreed to increase cooperation to tackle tax evasion. Under the agreement, the Australian Taxation Office will automatically receive details of financial accounts such as investment ...

Demography must drive reform

ANDREW BRAGG, FSC DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND GLOBAL MARKETS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... year budget cycles. Like many Eastern and Western nations, we are ageing. It is now 13 years since the then Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, warned that "demography is destiny" when he released the 2002 Intergenerational Report (IGR). As we prepare ...