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Labor taking with one hand while giving with another; PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2004
Opposition Leader Mark Latham was taking with one hand while claiming to give with the other under Labor\'s tax and family policy package, Prime Minister John Howard said today. Labor has promised tax relief of up to $8 a week for the bulk of taxpayers ...

Matched super scheme available to 1 million more Aussies

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2004
Women in part-time work and teenagers with casual jobs would benefit from changes to superannuation, the federal government said. Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan said up to one million more Australians would now be eligible to receive matched superannuation ...

New super legislation good news for future: AMP

AMP has praised the new legislation passed in Parliament this week that aims to introduce Government superannuation co-contributions for lower income earners, and reductions in the superannuation surcharge, saying it will be a great benefit for future ...

Macquarie Group applauds Government-Democrats' action on super

Macquarie Financial Services Group has today congratulated the Government and the Australian Democrats for breaking a deadlock on superannuation discussions. The group's technical manager David Shirlow called it a decision that will potentially benefit ...

Mixed response to government, Democrat deal on super

The government's superannuation reform program has been given new life following the agreement yesterday with the Australian Democrats on the introduction of co-payments for low-income earners, and a reduction in the superannuation surcharge. But the ...

ASFA hails new co-contribution super arrangements

Retirement savings for lower income earners could be boosted by as much as 70 per cent, if they take advantage of the new co-contribution arrangements announced by the Government today, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Towers Perrin blasts Government decision to "ignore" super

Towers Perrin has criticised the Federal Government's decision to "ignore" superannuation in this year's Budget, saying that it is a clear sign that Australia's complex retirement system has fallen into the "politically too hard basket". While the prominence ...

ASFA calls on government to deliver on $300 million promise

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has urged the Government to free up the $300 million allocated in the last Budget to matching voluntary super contributions and channel it towards those who need to save most. "Given the impasse ...

ASFA lambasts government on super tax policy

John Fernando The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) today criticised the Federal Government for "not living up to its election commitments to provide a better retirement future for Australians." ASFA said that spending on defence ...