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The weekend that could change the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
... to vote or pay an A$20 fine if we stop the votes. This election, there's not much choice either between Labor or the Coalition - nothing much to differentiate policies in terms of their impact on the budget bottom line.A No wait, there is...hot off the ...

Coalition urged to rethink super slash costings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
The Coalition has been urged to reconsider its decision to scrap the low income superannuation contribution (LISC) scheme and delay the increase of the super guarantee (SG), which it announced in its costings yesterday. In a joint statement, Women in ...

Coalition to save $1.6bn via SG delay

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
The Coalition has confirmed that it will make $1.6 billion budget saving A by delaying the increase of the compulsory superannuation guarantee from 9% to 12%. After pressure from Labor shadow treasurer Joe Hockey released a seven-page document that ...

Academic questions Libs' super board independence policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
The Coalition's plan to introduce stricter rules aimed at ensuring super fund board independence could be counterproductive, according to Sally Wheeler, professor of law at Queen's College, Belfast. Speaking at an event hosted by the Association of ...

Bowen and Cormann at odds over adviser enshrinement

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... financial planner is passed through the parliament as rapidly as possible," Bowen said. However, Cormann said that the Coalition remains "skeptical about the benefits of enshrining the terms 'financial planner' and 'financial adviser' in the Corporations ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... worries that sparked a run out of emerging markets have just been compounded by the increasing likelihood of a US (and its Coalition) war with Syria (and Russia) following comments by US President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry.A You, I and ...

Rudd promises to expand Super Clearing House

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... access the Clearing House bringing the total number to 850,000. It would be implemented on 1 July 2014. In July the Coalition announced that it would get rid of the Clearing House, and offer a similar service through the Australian Tax Office (ATO). ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to hit Australia's charities

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
Federal treasurer Chris Bowen maintained his attack on the Coalition's proposed 1.5% levy on business that is intended to cover the paid parental leave (PPL) scheme, calling it "a retrograde step of quite enormous proportions." Speaking this morning ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to cost retirees $1.6 billion in hidden tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Superannuants and lower-income shareholders could be coughing up $1.6 billion towards the Coalition's paid parental leave (PPL) scheme, it has emerged. The Coalition has said it will, in part, pay for the PPL through a 1.5% levy on business earnings ...

Cut welfare, give savings to defence: UK minister

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... welfare savings proposals. But according to statements attributed to the UK Liberal Democrats, the Conservative Party's coalition partner, any such proposals could only proceed if they were accompanied by corresponding proposals to increase means testing ...