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New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... 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 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 ...

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 ...

ALP finally agrees to back Budget super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
It was a long time coming, but the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has bowed to the inevitable and finally agreed to back the government's superannuation reforms announced in the Federal Budget. Peter Dutton, Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer ...

Kiwisaver allows contributions to be diverted into mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... coodinated by the New Zealand Department of Inland Revenue (their tax department) and is thought to be where the Australia Labor Party got the idea to have the Australian Taxation Office operate as a national super choice clearing house. Alex Dunnin ...

Budget super consultations attract 3,500 submissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
... from the [formal] correspondence from 1,500-plus businesses, individuals and organisations is any submission from the Labor Party. The Labor Party's inaction on this issue demonstrates an appalling lack of interest in a major policy initiative that will ...

Labor launches 6-point super plan

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
The Labor party has announced plans to finetune the nation's superannuation system, targeting lifting retirement income, cutting superannuation taxes and making it simpler for people to consolidate lost super. The Leader of the Opposition, Kim Beazley ...

Labor's super plans costly, complex and a disincentive: Liberals

... about $1 billion in government co-contributions, making superannuation the largest government tax expenditure. The Labor Party has also pledged that it will introduce measures to reunite individuals with lost or forgotten super funds. Nick Sherry, Labor's ...

Ezy Banking shows direct-selling is tough

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2005
... Banking brand provided the basic bank account product that some consumer groups and also politicians - notably the Labor Party - demand of banks, though the bank's core bank brand didn't offer a genuine low cost banking option. The bank's investment ...

Bill to fine-tune Choice passed

... fine-tune laws allowing employees to choose their superannuation fund was passed by the House of Representatives yesterday. Labor warned that the changes to superannuation law could make small business owners liable to be fined or jailed if they gave ...