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What the budget means for you

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... wealth creation value chain from the largest institutions right down to smallest independent advice firms. Treasurer Scott Morrison's 2016/17 budget has taken an axe to generous superannuation tax concessions in a bid to promote a fairer system for all. ...

Labor supports tax cuts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has said Labor will support tax cuts for small business and the government's move to address income tax bracket creep. The Labor front bencher said his party would support tax cut for small businesses from 28.5% down to ...

Budget big picture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... in four years masks a massive 29% increase in tax revenue over the forward estimates, pointing to why Treasurer Scott Morrison has had to go after high-end superannuants and multi-nationals. In an at times faltering and nervous speech, the Treasurer ...

Potential budget super alterations welcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
On the eve of Treasurer Scott Morrison's first budget there is further support to rein in superannuation tax concessions for the wealthy, provided that proceeds fund better retirements for women and lower income earners. Industry Super Australia is ...

Police super a budget beneficiary

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... result of changes to payment structures in a death and disability scheme introduced in 2012. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison did not say how much the four-year transitional arrangement will cost when announcing it yesterday, with numbers to be revealed ...

FSC sends final budget message

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... with super's objective. This is the final message from the Financial Services Council (FSC) to Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison ahead of his first budget next Tuesday. Of all the tabled proposals the FSC's biggest budget wish is for the government to ...

Government boosts ASIC with $127m package

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... calls for a Royal Commission into the financial services industry, which both the Prime Minister and Treasurer Scott Morrison dismissed, arguing it would be preferable, in Morrison's words, to "address the issues that will enable ASIC to be able to even ...

Australian system needs "substantial reassessment": SEC veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... Labaton Sucharow's whistleblower representation practice, responded to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison's assertion that ASIC already has the resources to prosecute misconduct, saying: "I think in the US securities regulators ...

Turnbull highlights ASIC resources boost in Parliament

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... and on the roads, because the Labor Party's concern is only to run a populist campaign against banks." Treasurer Scott Morrison added later: "Each day in our communities, we see things that happen that we prefer would not happen. That is why we have ...

Treasurer opens doors to ASX competition

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Treasurer Scott Morrison has announced the Government's reform package to allow competition in Australia's clearing and settlement services. Arguing that "open and competitive markets" are "fundamental to a vibrant 21st century economy," Morrison referred ...