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Industry rejects changes to super tax

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... asking Australians working toward retirement to pay the price for Government spending decisions. "These additional Labor Party taxes on superannuation are completely counterproductive as they make it harder for people to achieve self-funded retirement ...

Thrilla in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... Clown. Deym, I think I watch too much of "The Simpson's". Who's Itchy and who's Scratchy, you decide? Oh, sorry the Labor Party factions will decide. OK, that's the fun part. Here's the "ho-hum" portion. There were no thrill and spills in financial markets ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... result, animosity, back-knifing, loathing, bitterness, hatred and behind the scenes plotting will continue within the Labor Party... and alas, policy paralysis and uncertainty for this land girth by sea. And we all know that uncertainty is no good. Tony ...

ALP leadership issues will delay FOFA: Chikarovski

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... reports of a possible leadership challenge. "The next week or so is going to be an extraordinarily difficult one for the Labor party," Chikarovski said. "What that means for legislation affecting this industry is that it's not going to be the number ...

CHOICE, ISN hit back at associations aspersions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... Australian's superannuation money in the hands of the union-controlled industry super funds for the benefit of the Labor Party," he said. Yet Mack asks how disclosing a bill to a client to pay for your services would kill off a small business. "This ...

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

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... Industry superannuation funds, which have union appointees on their boards, are seen as having close links to the Labor Party. IFM, whose chairman is former-ACTU political heavyweight Garry Weaven, invests 36% of its $4.25 billion Australian infrastructure ...

Minister faces down advisers over opt-in, risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... churn on customers," he said. "Maybe 15 per cent." One adviser asked how much money the industry funds channel to the Labor Party through the union movement. Minister Shorten told him he could look up political donations on the Australian Electoral Commission ...

Pollies clash over SG

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... the main parties involved, stating that Hockey was only against the increase because he simply opposed anything the Labor Party presented. Meanwhile Shorten said Cormann believed "forcing people to save for the future rather than having it now is some ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
A record breaking 16.5 per cent swing last weekend against the NSW Labor Party has the potential to derail many of the Gillard federal government's reforms, pushing a nervous federal government to pull more of its punches on major changes to the financial ...

Factions will stay: AMP, AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... support they receive. "One thing that struck me is that there's as many factions in superannuation as there are in the Labor Party. Some of the debates in superannuation do descend to, perhaps, an insularity which is not healthy for the long term," he ...