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Super likely to fall under Treasury

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... Treasurer's portfolio and welcome new Assistant Treasurer, Senator Arthur Sinodinos and acknowledge the efforts of former shadow Minister Matthias Cormann in the financial services portfolio," Rantall said. "There is a positive flip side to building ...

Hockey to head Treasury and Cormann Finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013

FSC anticipates different role for Senator Cormann

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... superannuation industries for at least two weeks as Cormann would need time to appoint new staff. Cormann was appointed to Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services & Superannuation on 14 September 2010 but following the election ...

Coalition urged to rethink super slash costings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... forward estimates of $1.6 billion - though it did not detail how it arrived at this figure. A spokesperson for Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey said full costings - including details on how savings were calculated - would be released next week. He did not ...

Coalition to save $1.6bn via SG delay

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... by delaying the increase of the compulsory superannuation guarantee from 9% to 12%. After pressure from Labor shadow treasurer Joe Hockey released a seven-page document that promised the Coalition would make $31.6 billion of savings over the next four ...

Bowen and Cormann at odds over adviser enshrinement

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... debate around the enshrinement of the term 'financial planner' has revealed division between Treasurer Chris Bowen and shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann. "An important priority for a re-elected Rudd Labor Government ...

Cormann commits to change in face of Labor moratorium

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
Shadow minister for financial services and superannuation Matthias Cormann has echoed Treasurer Chris Bowen's calls for super certainty but refused to back a five-year moratorium on changes to the system. Bowen laid down a challenge to the Coalition ...

Labor promises five-year freeze on super tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... process." The findings would then be implemented in another five-year policy moratorium. Responding to the announcement, Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann said Labor was "playing catch-up" with the Coalition's ...

Labor and Libs joust over small business super contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... expensive. The government disputed this, saying that ATO administration could cost three times as much as the current system. Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann said the Clearing House created unnecessary bureaucracy. ...

Opposition challenges Labor to review Trio fraud

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann has called on new Treasurer Chris Bowen to review the Gillard government's response to the Trio Capital scandal. Described as the "largest superannuation fraud in Australian history" ...