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IFSA chief welcomes Latham's appointment to the head of the ALP

... Services Association (IFSA), Richard Gilbert has welcomed Mark Latham's win earlier today to the the head of the Australian Labor Party and said that IFSA was looking forward to working with him on issues relating to the superannuation industry in Australia. ...

Labor undergone generational change: Latham

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2003
The Labor Party leadership had undergone a generational change, new leader Mark Latham said today. "Today the leadership fo the Labor Party has moved to a new generation," he told reporters. "A generation that has grown up aspiring to a good education ...

Mark Latham is new ALP leader

Mark Latham has been elected as the new leader of the Australian Labor Party, narrowly tipping former leader Kim Beazly by 47 votes to 45. The 42-year old MP from western Sydney now takes over the reins from Simon Crean, who intends to continue as a ...

Labor again brands government super policy 'weak and wimpy'

Labor looks set to oppose the government's Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill, again branding the proposed legislation 'weak and wimpy' and accusing the government of failing to provide any policy detail. Shadow minister for retirement incomes and ...

Simon Crean steps down from Labor leadership

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2003
Opposition Leader Simon Crean today announced he would stand down as leader of the Labor Party. Mr Crean, in a brief statement, told reporters he would call a ballot for the leadership at next week\'s caucus meeting on Tuesday. He said he would not ...

Labor calls for tougher stance on property seminars

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2003
Labor has renewed calls for tougher regulation of get-rich-quick property investment seminars after receivers were called in at two of spruiker Henry Kaye's companies. The National Investment Institute and Empower Group were put in receivership yesterday. ...

Coonan responds to Labor super initiatives

The government has responded to the first two instalments of Labor's superannuation strategy, claiming the proposals would burden workers and businesses with more red tape and without any real benefit. Minister for revenue and minister assisting the ...

Simon Crean hails ALP as the 'Party of the Superannuants' at talk today

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Simon Crean emphasised the importance of superannuation to his party's core value system during the unveiling of the second leg of the ALP's retirement incomes policy labelled 'Superannuation: A Safer System' ...

Recommitment to super issues being emphasised by federal politicians: ASFA

... contribution taxes," said Ms Smith. "In some cases, during the conference, we tried to set the agenda and in other cases we let Labor's Mark Latham and the Liberal's Senator Coonan deliberately set the agenda. Both clearly articulated superannuation ...

Treasury warns on global recovery

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
... there is no case for high interest rates, after the Reserve Bank lifted rates by 0.25 percentage points earlier this month. Labor has vowed to remove Treasury's representative from the bank board to enhance its independence, after Treasury boss Ken Henry ...