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Budget reply: National clearing house, halve the OS withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... front and centre. In a speech that started shakily but quickly gathered a frenetic pace as the clock ran down, Rudd said a Labor Government would introduce a centralised national superannuation clearing house and that they would pull out all stops to ...

Starved infrastructure will bite into growth

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... tucked up his sleeve. His proposed reforms to business regulations were not only practical but also politically shrewd. Among Labor's proposed changes to "get government off the back of business" are streamlining of regulatory changes and creating an ...

Brumbie: The only Budget numbers that matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... Budget numbers that matter are what will it do to improve or weaken the chances of the Government being able to stop the Labor Party from getting the 16 seats it needs to win the Lodge. This game takes on a life of its own when you overlay how while ...

New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... the New Jersey Turnpike. The scandal raises similar themes to those debated last month in Australia, when the Australian Labor Party announced it would use the Future Fund to finance a Fibre To The Node (FTTN) broadband network in Australia. The Federal ...

ALP's broadband funding comes under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
The Federal Labor Opposition has come under fire for its plan to build a high speed broadband fibre to the node (FTTN) network covering 98 per cent of the population, with the $4.7 billion dollar project to be bankrolled by the Future Fund's remaining ...

ALP Govt will boost personal contributions: Swan

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2007
It's taken two decades, but it seems superannuation is looming as an election issue, albeit a lower order one, as the Labor Party and the Government slug it out over which Party has the best future plan for the industry and for investors. Shadow Treasurer ...

ALP would cut financial literacy funding: Dutton

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... success with 300,000 people visiting the site since its launch last July," Dutton said. However, Dutton took aim at the Labor Opposition, claiming they intended to cut funding for the Financial Literacy Taskforce despite the obvious desire for such information ...

Catholic Super consolidates online

Catholic Super has joined the ranks of internet-friendly super funds like max Super and Virgin Super by launching online facilities that allow their new members to consolidate multiple superannuation accounts through the comfort and convenience of their ...

Govt slams Labor on ASIC budget cuts

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
... the Treasurer Chris Pearce said the move would hinder the regulator's ability to police Australian financial markets. "If Labor were to get their hands on the purse strings, criminals would have a field day as Labor slash ASIC's capacity to pursue unlawful ...

Labor the party of wealth creation: Swan

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
The fact that superannuation funds today hold assets equivalent to 95 per cent of GDP proves that Labor is the real party of wealth creation, said Shadow Treasurer Wayne Swan in a major speech he presented on superannuation earlier this month. "Only ...