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Is this the crisis moment?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
... old line on pushing on with austerity, that it would not support Euro bonds, that it will never agree to commit German taxpayers' money to fund early retirement of the Greeks, the Spaniards, the Irish, the Italians, the Portuguese and just last night ...

Greece chooses pain to pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... that Merkel must be secretly hoping that the Greeks voted the other way. For now she has to continue convincing German taxpayers (voters) why they need to work harder to subsidise the spendthrift Greeks over the coming many, many years. Then again, perhaps ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... deficit of around 5.9% of GDP this year is playing Robin the Hood(lum) - taking from the poor "choking from austerity" taxpayers and giving to bankers. Now you know where all that angst against austerity is coming from. The government that's in dire ...

AMP: Govt rules dent super confidence

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... saving," said Dunn. The Federal Government announced earlier this week that it will reduce the super tax concession for taxpayers earning over $300,000 from 30% to 15%. While the measures are aimed at ensuring equality for all investors, there are concerns ...

Australia's finely balanced $376bn budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... should boost house prices and further squeeze first home buyers. With 44% of budget revenues coming from individual taxpayers, the high end superannuation tax changes and cancellation of the corporate tax cut are expected to have minimal electoral impact ...

Speculation grows on super tax breaks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... program he said, "We are all living longer, and the longer we rely on government handouts, the greater the burden for taxpayers and particularly those that follow." Hockey said the core issue is that Australia competes and does most of its business in ...

Govt overhauls aged care

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... supporting the move towards a 'user-pays' model. "The taxpayer cannot fund it all - particularly in years ahead with fewer taxpayers, more people needing aged care, and increased health and age pension costs as the population ages," said Martin Laverty ...

Retirement funding needs aged care inclusion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... move towards more of a 'user-pays' model. "The taxpayer cannot fund it all - particularly in years ahead with fewer taxpayers, more people needing aged care, and increased health and age pension costs as the population ages," said Martin Laverty, Catholic ...

Tax and Super bill doesn't go far enough: SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... said Andrea Slattery, chief executive, SPAA. "Linking eligibility for the refund to a dollar threshold will deny many taxpayers the option of a refund even though their circumstances are broadly the same as other taxpayers who are eligible for the refund." ...

Shorten urges banks to stand by staff

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... 560 jobs as part of cost cutting plans. Shorten told ABC radio the banks shouldn't forget the support given to them by taxpayers at the height of the global financial crisis (GFC). "It is most important that large organisations, whilst weighing up the ...