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ALP outlines superannuation tax policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... the whole picture: super, the age pension, social security, housing and aged care systems. All of these need to be sustainable and considered holistically, not in isolation," Loane said. Industry super body ISA said it wants to see all political parties ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... "extraordinarily low levels" and "signalled a willingness to lower it even further, should that be helpful in securing sustainable economic growth" but would welcome "Any help in boosting sustainable growth from other policies" because "monetary policy ...

Now for Australia's debt surge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
... to. As the April 2015 issue of the IMF's Fiscal Monitor headlines, "Now Is the Time! Use Fiscal Policy to Support Sustainable Growth". The IMF may be preaching fiscal austerity overall to reduce debt burdens but for Australia, we still have long ways ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... ""We should welcome, not fear, a slowdown in China" because the economy is moving to a "slower, but safer and more sustainable growth path"." (Reuters) You know the one, that meme about rebalancing away from exports and investments into domestic consumption. ...

China slowdown will hit Australia

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... consumption-led, rather than an investment-led, growth model, the main challenge is to implement reforms that will ensure sustainable growth in the long run," the World Bank said. The World Bank's chief economist for East Asia and the Pacific region ...

Retirement income committee to launch in June

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
The first Sustainable Retirement Incomes Leadership Forum will take place on June 2, launched by the Committee for Sustainable Retirement Incomes. The CSRI is designed to review the entire retirement income system and will be chaired by former Secretary ...

Seniors weigh in on super tax discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... them all on the table, see what will work and what won't, and develop a retirement incomes system that is fair and sustainable for the long term. "Some of the ideas ACOSS has put forward have merit and we welcome their input in the discussion, especially ...

Strike three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... paragraph of its April statement, "Further easing of policy may be appropriate over the period ahead, in order to foster sustainable growth in demand and inflation consistent with the target." But... but, but this was the same sentence it printed in ...

Changes to super tax needed: AIST

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... Trustees believes changes need to be made to ensure tax concessions for super fund members and retirees are both fair and sustainable for all Australians. AIST will submit to the federal government's Tax Discussion Paper by examining "the full spectrum ...

ESG becoming essential to insto alternative investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... It can also put investors in a better position to take advantage of opportunities arising from a shift towards more sustainable economic growth."