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Government clarifies employer's choice obligations

... superannuation funds require employers to become a participating employer by joining the fund. However the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Mal Brough says this will not be the case under the choice regime and employees will remain restricted ...

Choice regulations offer no surprises as consultation moves to next phase

... employers, employees and industry groups and to make sure the transition to choice is a smooth one", said Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, Mal Brough. A number of matters are to be prescribed in the regulation as part of the choice of fund ...

Industry figures to participate on Government's super choice committee

... advisory committee will assist the ATO in spearheading the government's choice of fund education campaign. Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Mal Brough said, "the committee draws on a wealth of market experience with each member having a solid ...

Battlers support super contributions

Figures released by the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Revenue the Hon Mal Brouch show that over 17 per cent of low and middle income earners will receive a government co-contribution to their superannuation. "We expect next year's take-up to ...

Super co-contribution draft regulations released to public

... superannuation co-contribution for low-income earners measure have been released for public comment, the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, Senator Helen Coonan has announced. "The Government wants the framework for the matched co-contribution ...

Government to revise GST on long-term non-reviewable contracts

... long-term non-reviewable contracts that will not have had a review opportunity by 30 June 2005, according to The Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Senator Helen Coonan. Under the special transitional provisions, certain pre-existing contracts ...

Coonan responds to Labor super initiatives

... claiming the proposals would burden workers and businesses with more red tape and without any real benefit. Minister for revenue and minister assisting the Treasurer, Senator Helen Coonan, also said she expected the ALP to support the government's Superannuation ...

Superannuation, a key nation-building goal: Coonan at ASFA Conference

... nation-building process and a major priority of the Government policy-making process, according to the Federal Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan. In a speech at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Ms Coonan ...

Costello appoints Ross Cameron to assist in financial market policy process

... Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Productivity Commission. He said that Senator Helen Coonan, minister for revenue and assistant treasurer, will not have any changes made to her responsibilities.

Businesses asked to participate in international tax treaties: Coonan

... reduction in withholding tax rates in the Australia/US Protocol, which came into effect on 12 May 2003. The Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Senator Helen Coonan said Australia now had an obligation to enter into negotiations with each of ...