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Government moves to dampen super tax cut heat

... push for government to cut the super contributions tax. Minchin, who made the comments during a speech to the Young Liberal Party, called for cuts to the "Keating tax", which could add an extra $30 per person to superannuation savings, he said. "I suggested ...

Labor's super plans costly, complex and a disincentive: Liberals

The Liberal Party has attacked Labor's plans to phase out superannuation contributions tax for some people as "extraordinarily complex and costly." Assistant Treasurer, Mal Brough, said yesterday that Labor's plan to phase out the contributions tax ...

Queensland government criticised over moves to stop choice

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2005
... federal superannuation changes allowing workers their own choice of fund manager was a backward step, the state Liberal Party said. Last week, the Queensland Labor government introduced amendments to the Industrial Relations Act that will remove the ...

PM Howard to outline 4th term agenda after historic win

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2004
... numbers in the Senate. Mr Howard had a low-key day yesterday after his emphatic victory on Saturday night, returning the Liberal-National Party coalition with an increased majority. While numbers in the upper house will take a few weeks to determine ...

Aust Liberal leadership speculation threatens Budget sell

... government hopes will give it a strong lead-in to this year's federal election. But Democrats leader Andrew Bartlett warned his party would not stand by in the Senate and allow the Budget's passage, especially if the promised tax cuts were not skewed ...

Elliott appeal dismissed

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... reducing his ban as a company director from 10 to seven years. Lawyers for Elliott won a 21-day stay while the former Liberal Party and Carlton Football Club president considers whether to appeal against the latest decision. Elliott is also facing bankruptcy ...

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

... representatives of regulatory organizations and the media, he did criticise some of the policies and practices of the Liberal Party. Meanwhile, the Director of Policy and Research at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Micheala ...

Government's latest super bills face criticism from opposition

... Government's new bills though. Senator Nick Sherry, the shadow minister for retirement incomes and savings, said that the Liberal/Democrat superannuation deal that was passed in the senate was both unbalanced and unfair. He said that those earning $96,000 ...

Labour lashes out against government's 'phoney portability' of super

... can, can't find them and need to fill in forms - too much red tape." He said the problems will not be solved unless the Liberal Government considers the clear, simple measures suggested by Labor in its policy options paper released in August 2002, and ...

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 ...