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Super groups call for women Senate review

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
Superannuation representative groups have backed calls by federal Greens MP Adam Bandt for a Senate inquiry looking at the problem of women's retirement savings. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia believes ...

Labor demands to see Treasury papers on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... calling for documents to be released that allegedly show the government received advice on options to vary superannuation tax concessions prior to this year's budget. A Freedom of Information request by Labor to federal Treasury allegedly shows the Expenditure ...

Super pool reducing Aussie reliance on foreign capital: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... who recently commissioned Vidler Policy and Research to "provide an economic framework for consideration of superannuation tax policy settings." The research shows superannuation is reducing the cost of the Age Pension on the federal budget. Superannuation ...

Actuaries say super taxes need to be reviewed

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... representative groups are weighing in to a debate about the federal government's uncertain position regarding superannuation tax reform. Today the Actuaries Institute said there is growing clamour for clarity around superannuation taxation arrangements. ...

Shadow Treasurer will go to election over super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
Federal Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen is prepared to table changes to superannuation tax concessions in parliament prior to an election. Bowen made the call in his recent budget reply speech at the National Press Club where he reiterated the current ...

Super concessions key to tax review

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... after the budget was released. Government sources told Fairfax that Abbott is not planning to make changes to superannuation tax concessions this term or during the next one if the Coalition is reelected. However, the budget papers showed that the cost ...

Superannuation tax concessions unsustainable: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... the coalition's decision to leave super alone. In a recent radio interview with ABC, Bowen labeled current superannuation tax concessions "unsustainable" and that Labor's response to the 2015 budget was "being realistic". "We're talking about some of ...

Govt should support pensioner reverse mortgage access: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... 48,400 times featuring a 10 year old girl and former Reserve Bank Governer Bernie Fraser explaining why the superannuation tax concessions should be retargeted.

Hockey slams Labor super tax proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... viability of any Labor tax reforms. "Look at the mining tax, look at the carbon tax and now they've got a new superannuation tax," he said. When asked about his own views concerning super tax treatments - an issue raised in Hockey's recent Tax Discussion ...

ALP outlines superannuation tax policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
The federal ALP opposition has outlined a change to their superannuation tax policy that they estimate could save $1.4 billion per year and help rebalance superannuation. The policy was outlined by shadow Treasury spokesperson Chris Bowen who said it ...