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Government confident of garnering Democrats support for unfair dismissals bill

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2003
... opposition, because something which has always been a tradition of the Democrats is to prefer national to state-based systems." Labor and the Democrats had rejected the bill in the Senate on August 12, but Mr Abbott told a flexible workforce symposium ...

Labor has a red letter day in Parliament: Senator Sherry

... barrier; require clear, simple, comparable and enforceable disclosure of fess, charges and commissions. For their part, the Labor Party, he said had argued for automatic consolidation or rolling together of multiple inactive accounts; banning of exit ...

Senate rejects super portability regulations

... fund members to consolidate accounts, were today rejected by the Senate. The Australian Democrats and Greens supported a Labor motion disallowing the regulations. Labor has argued for automatic rolling together of multiple inactive accounts, while the ...

Sen Sherry reiterates ALP's commitments to super policy issues

... Financial Standard, the Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings, Senator Nick Sherry, reiterated the Australian Labor Party's commitment to simple, comparable and full disclosure of superannuation fees. "We also call for a full ban on exit ...

Senator Coonan claims Labor's Senator Sherry has 'hole in his logic'

... logic". "Senator Nick Sherry's claim in his press release '$250 million funding hole in Liberals' Super Package' continues Labor's flawed understanding of the Government's superannuation reforms," said Senator Coonan. "Senator Sherry has got completely ...

Senate Super Committee calls for rewrite of government portability regulations

... rewrite of the regulations," he said. "They highlight the incompetence of the government in a range of technical areas. Labor will move to disallow the regulations." He also said that Labor senators' additional comments in the report called for automatic ...

Afternoon market wrap: All Ordinaries trail lower

... anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the US. Meanwhile, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) had announced positive labor statistics, with the unemployment rate dipping to its lowest level since 1990. The latest housing lending finance also ...

Labor fires another broadside in continuing tirade on Government super policies

The opposition Labor party has claimed that the Liberals' super package announced on Sunday 7 September has a $250 million funding hole. The shadow minister for retirement incomes and savings, Senator Nick Sherry, in his continuing tirade against the ...

Labor endorses ACCC decision

... between Qantas and Air New Zealand. The ACCC today ruled against the planned alliance and said it was anti-competitive. Labor's transport spokesman Martin Ferguson said he accepted the decision. "Labor accepts the decision by the Australian Competition ...

Morning market wrap: Global trading thin as US markets remain closed

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2003
US markets were closed Monday for the Labor Day holiday, with trade in other major centres subdued amid low turnover. In London the FTSE 100 clawed back much of last week's losses, closing 43.3 points (1.0%) higher at 4,204.4. Investors cited growing ...