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Budget surplus unlikely as economy stalls: Fitch

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... economic fatigue may see expenditure increase well above their estimates. In December 2018, Labor finance spokesman Jim Chalmers said the government's forecast for a 2019/20 financial year surplus was "courtesy of a strong global economy" and "good ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... again, Turnbull has chosen the top end of town - and he's making you pay for it," he said. Shadow Minister for Finance Jim Chalmers reiterated Shorten's sentiments, adding any budget that gives "a handout to big business but hurts pensioners is a bad ...

Labor takes aim at executive pay

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... required to publish salary bands and the number of executives in each band. According to Shadow Minister for Finance Jim Chalmers, Labor's view is consistent with that of the Auditor-General, who found earlier this year that: "There would be benefit ...

Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... Australia's world-class superannuation system and Labor will not support it," they said. Shadow Finance Minister Jim Chalmers told the ABC that superannuation is for retirement - not for housing. "[The housing policy announced] was pitifully inadequate ...

Budget leak proposes super tax crackdown

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... increase in super contributions taxes of up to $500 a year. Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Jim Chalmers, told Sydney radio yesterday that the government is "trying to pretend that they care about multinational tax avoidance ...

Commissions survive as life remuneration bill flatlines

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... support it has received on both sides of Parliament, although Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Jim Chalmers has said Labor would like stronger reforms. In March, he said: "Labor would like to see the regulations which will accompany ...

Government lagging on super policy: Labor

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... government needs to put its policy on the table for fair evaluation. Speaking at the FSC BT Political Breakfast series, Jim Chalmers, shadow minister for financial services and super, shadow minister for sport and shadow assistant minister for investment ...

Labor will announce retirement income priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
Federal Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Jim Chalmers, said Labor will soon announce its priorities for retirement incomes so voters know where they stand heading in to this year's election. The announcement will come on top ...

Labor wants stronger LIF rules

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... Insurance Framework doesn't go far enough according to Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Jim Chalmers. Discussing the Corporations Amendment (Life Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Bill 2016 in the House of Representatives ...

Financial services to be a greater part of "economic narrative"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Jim Chalmers said greater policy emphasis needs to be placed on financial services' role in the Australian economy. Speaking at the Value Alliance Annual Reception in Sydney, Chalmers referred ...