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Govt to pay interest on lost Super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... Cormann has criticised the reforms describing them as a 'cash grab'. "This is another demonstration that this Labor government has no economic strategy and will always put its own political survival ahead of the national interest," he said. Treasury ...

Labor's $30bn secret super tax plan revealed

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... Shorten to come clean to Australians that they have to pay $30 billion in increased super taxes to assist the Labor government to pay for its $120 billion budget black hole. Cormann said that instead of standing up for Australians doing the right thing ...

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 ...