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ACT prohibits guns & smokes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... companies. ACT Treasurer and Deputy Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, told the Canberra Times, however, that the ACT Labor government will not support Greens legislation to extend the ban to companies related to sweatshops or child labour, and to businesses ...

Foreign MIS tax legislation delayed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... Cormann said "Business cannot invest with confidence when the government clearly has no direction". Under the Labor government the rate was lowered from 30% to the current 7.5%. "For the past 18 months Australian fund managers have continuously told ...

Govt launch MRRT super site

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... infrastructure. "All Australians deserve to share in the benefits of the mining boom," said the release. "The Gillard Labor Government will continue the fight to ensure more Australians enjoy the opportunities of the Asian Century and not just a fortunate ...

Tax concessions focus of Super roundtable

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... claiming implementation would be overly cumbersome. Minister Shorten however, said the plan would proceed. "As a Labor Government, we fundamentally believe that superannuation should be taxed concessionally because it is compulsory." "We also believe ...

IFM hits back at claims it plays politics with super fund money

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... hit back at press reports about his organisation's plan to run clean energy advertisements to coincide with the Labor Government's carbon tax campaign, calling the coverage "inaccurate". Brett Himbury, chief executive of Industry Funds Management (IFM) ...

Govt to refund super tax for 3.5 million

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... System (AFTS) Report that said superannuation tax concessions should be distributed more equitably. "The Gillard Labor Government firmly believes that Australian workers, whatever their income, deserve just rewards and financial security in retirement," ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... government to pull more of its punches on major changes to the financial sector. The weekend rout saw the 16 year NSW Labor government thrown out in the biggest electoral swing since World War Two, a swing even surpassing 14.6 swing against the Victorian ...

MySuper gets Government tick

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to operate the MySuper fund. "The MySuper reforms are part of the Gillard Labor Government's plan for a stronger economy and are the next phase of Labor's reforms to our national superannuation system," noted ...

Coalition details stance on commissions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... Superannuation Trustees (AIST), which represents not for profit super funds, fears many of the reforms flagged by the Labor government will not be implemented if the Coalition wins. "Going backwards scares me. If we don't get these reforms through now ...

Costello's Future Fund career over before it started

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Short-lived speculation that former Liberal Party Treasurer Peter Costello was about to be appointed by the Labor government to a leading position in running the Future Fund shows the fund is still poorly understood, three years after its launch. Rumours ...