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Aussie pension policy needs careful adjustment: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... established in the early 20th century, when tax concessions were less prevalent and the tax system simpler. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison said the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) assessment of Australia recognised both a strong economic record ...

Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... jobs and fixing the safety net feed into ensuring good retirement incomes." The event was also addressed by federal Treasurer Joe Hockey, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens.

Consensus emerging on Tax White Paper

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has reminded a business forum that the Tax White Paper is about how the government collects tax, not how much. Hockey told the PwC Tax Reform Forum in Melbourne yesterday that more than 800 submissions on the Tax White Paper ...

Labor demands to see Treasury papers on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... concessions until Labor announced its superannuation plans. The Treasury documents are reported to show that federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, received Treasury advice on superannuation tax reforms on four occasions, with the last being on 22 April 2015 ...

D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... slowing and the fear du jour - Grexit - it was downhill from there. Not even the positive reception to Australian Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's second Budget nor the RBA's May interest rate reduction could get it back up again. Certainly gives meaning ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... can't miss it if you tried. Then again, perhaps you would if you instead read about the relapse of Australian Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's "foot in mouth disease" and you don't want to read no more, no more, no more. But I digress. It's May's big bounce ...

Economist asleep over budget investment market impact

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... did in 1994 causing a bond crash. Interest rates are going to stay very low," Oliver said. He disagreed with federal treasurer Joe Hockey's lowered iron ore price assumption of $48 as "in the last few weeks it has bounced back to $64 but you could argue ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
The portrait of Australian Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's beaming self-congratulatory smile as he did the rounds of media interviews yesterday remains deeply stuck in my brain. Can't blame smokin' Joe, he might just get his autograph on a third Budget ...

Good Budget, bad Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... "It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future". You, I and Irene already know what happened to ex-Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan's guessed and "promised" A$1.5 billion underlying cash balance (0.1% of GDP) surplus for 2012/13. It amazingly ...

Age pension kept at highest indexation rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... announced by Social Services Minister Scott Morrison prior to the budget release. Although in his budget speech, federal Treasurer Joe Hockey did say the Age Pension "will continue to increase, twice a year, this year, and every year - at the highest ...