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AFCA, key housing bills passed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... into their super accounts, will come into effect from 1 July 2018. The First Home Super Savers Scheme was supported by Liberal Democrats senator David Leyonhjelm after an amendment to ensure a review of the scheme after 18 months was added. Related story ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... between the March 2005 and June 2006 quarters. Underlying all these is optimism that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will win the 22 October general elections and hence, the continuation of "Abenomics" - the program of very ...

Local Government Super chair departs, successor named

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... appointment as a director persons must be serving local government councilors. In August O'Regan was removed from the Liberal Party line-up ahead of the September 9 election. Previous chair of LGS, Bruce Miller, who served from 2013 to 2015, has been ...

Labor rejects ASIC chair nominee

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... across markets and the Parliament." Bowen's justification for Labor's opposition stemmed largely from O'Sullivan being a Liberal Party member in the Prime Minister's electorate as well as a president of the Wentworth federal electoral conference. "Australia ...

Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
Were it not for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's "package of gifts" delivered on America's 4th of July Independence Day celebrations, the goings-on in China would remain buried on page 6 of the financial media. This could be because when it comes to ...

Banks continue campaign to discredit SA bank tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... Australia's big four banks again warned South Australians of the impact a state-based tax would have as the South Australian Liberal opposition confirmed it will move to block the tax's implementation. In an open letter to South Australian customers ...

Industry supports super threshold removal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... receive their superannuation entitlements." The proposal was put forward by the Senate Economics Committee and supported by Liberal Senator Jane Hume and Labor Senator Chris Ketter. It calls for the $450-a-month wage threshold - which has allowed employers ...

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... Representatives after Foreign Minister Julie Bishop missed the vote and Nationals MP George Christensen chose to vote with the Liberal Party - tying the vote 70-70. Christensen had earlier indicated his intention to cross the floor to support the establishment ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
Former Liberal Party leader and chair of the Asset Owners Disclosure Project, John Hewson, believes markets are ignoring a climate-induced crisis far more severe than the one caused by subprime mortgages. Speaking at a Sydney briefing discussing BetaShares' ...

SMSFA appoints high profile former politicians

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... retirement incomes, superannuation and financial services" with the appointment of two high-profile public figures. Former NSW Liberal premier Nick Greiner and former Labor parliamentary secretary Bernie Ripoll will become members of the association's ...