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$18 billion super tax 'honey-pot' by 2020

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... changes to superannuation tax concessions that have followed Prime Minister Julia Gillard's announcement of a Federal Election date last week, Brogden also warned politicians that superannuation is not a "honey pot." Brogden said that both the Gillard ...

Back-off super: FSC missive to Canberra

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... out at politicians, saying: "We want both sides to leave super alone." Since Prime Minister Julia Gillard set a Federal Election date last week, speculation has abounded over the respective policy changes that either the Federal Government or the opposition ...

Dignity Super's main aim, ASFA reminds politicians

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... superannuation savings contributed to Australia's growth, and that in the current debate in the lead up to the Federal Election, the role it plays in building the country's economy should not be forgotten. Superannuation could do more for Australia's ...

Coalition wants fund governance changes: Fletcher

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... pension system leaves it at risk of being exploited. Fletcher said that if the Coalition is elected at the upcoming Federal Election it would implement superannuation governance reforms recommended by the Cooper Review, which he said "have been ignored ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... still closed slightly higher, with investors unfazed by Prime Minister Julia Gillard announcing that the next federal election would be on September 14. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 7.7 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 4,896.7 points, and the broader ...

Non-mining sectors must pick up the growth mantle

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... non-mining sectors, which coupled with a host of other issues - including Australia's high dollar and the looming Federal Election - means the chances of a smooth transition are fairly low, Eslake said. All told, Eslake said this means Australia was ...

2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... pressure on the AUD, fuelling local non-resources exporters and the services sector. With all this in play, the 2013 Federal election will be a good one to win, raising next year's political stakes even higher. Indeed maybe this is what the Mayans meant ...

Federal election to compound market uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... report from Political Monitor, a political risk research and advisory firm. With less than 12 months until the federal election, Political Monitor's Investing in an election year report notes that while victory for either the Coalition or Labor carries ...

Coalition releases super manifesto

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... confidence in superannuation and the list looks very much like a superannuation policy manifesto for the 2013 federal election. In a statement, Senator Cormann said a future the Coalition government will introduce a national superannuation clearing house ...

Movers and shakers of 2010

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... years prior. Gillard was seen as a much safer bet than Rudd, but she only just managed to hold onto power after a Federal Election in August that gave the nation its first hung parliament since 1940. Regulatory reforms were another major focus of the ...